Bobbie Powell, Magnolia
Creating art allows me a space to express and meditate on life’s experiences. I enjoy working in many mediums, combining various materials to contrast textures, giving the viewer something they want to touch. Painting trees gives focus to the undeniable connection and codependency with nature. I dance with each brush stroke to mirror the body’s circulatory system to the tree’s branches. The magnolia tree reminded me of turning 27 and taking joy from the color pink where I had once loathed the color and deciding I was ready to become a mother where I once had feared and swore against it. Painting the beautiful early-spring blooms is my way of giving to god, nature, the universe and for my sweet bright light, my daughter, Sophia.