Whispering Blooms I

Sara McKenzie

• Acrylic mixed media
• 2025
• 14 x 18 x 1.5 inches

A densely worked surface teems with abstracted blooms — spiraled roses, clustered florets, scattered flecks of orange and gold — built up in thick, tactile relief. Lacy metallic gold threads through the profusion, l winding like gilded vines that catch the light. Every inch carries impasto and color layered over color, so the bouquet feels less observed than excavated — flowers dissolving into pattern, pattern resolving back into bloom.

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