New Mixed Media Painting: To Pinch or To Prune

You may recall that I've been working on a series of pieces (over several years now) that use gardening and plant metaphors as a way to try and capture my experience of motherhood.  This is my latest piece in that series. It's called "To Pinch or To Prune."

Pinching is a type of pruning that involves removing the top of a plant's main stem to encourage branching and fuller growth. Pruning is a more general term that involves cutting off plant parts with tools like scissors or pruners.  In parenthood, there are so many different ideas about how best to get your child to bloom.  It's overwhelming.  As I worked on this piece, I kept thinking about how every decision seems so fraught.  Will I do something that will ruin my child's life forever?! 

This is a 24" x 24" mixed media painting on canvas.  It has a teeny bit of collage as well as some drawing. Here are the details:

I imagine that this piece would look great in a bedroom...

...maybe even a kid's bedroom?

And, of course, anywhere there are plants!

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