Linda ARREOLA
My interest has been in honoring the simple, the common, and the ordinary. Enriched with meaning and symbolism, everyday objects are replete with qualities we tend to overlook. I believe that when things are at their most elemental, they reveal to us their essence. Energy, poetry, glory and mystery, are innate to all things (natural and man-made). Rocks, branches, sand, as well as what I call their urban counterparts such as paintbrush, broom, chair,or washboard, have been great sources for inspiration. Symbolizing beauty and poetry in material form they are the humble icons of a grand spirit.
I believe there is a connection between the domestic and the sublime, the commonplace and the spiritual, and the material and the soul. This has been the nature of my work.
