Witnessing the Transformation of Apatheia - Gradient Edit - Artist Embellished Giclee Print - OOAK

Size: 8x10 inches

This is a gradient giclee reproduction of my original collage (which has sold). The original was created on cradled wood that I painted a golden ochre. A happy accident during printing this was, as I do love the gradient from blue to lavender in the background. I lightly embellished this giclee too, with an additional flower, and subtle gold gel pen highlights. for the giclee print.
This artwork is printed on velvety soft 280gsm matte archival and acid free paper with super saturated inks. Your print comes professionally packaged in a clear cello sleeve with acid free mat board backing.

This is indeed a one of a kind.

The rare one-sided Tahitian flower “apatheia” (Tiare Apetahi ) is highlighted in the title, and meaning of this symbolic piece. The woman is surrounded by metamorphosis, mushrooms, flowers, and the elusive apatheia flower as well. (This is the 5 petaled white flower.) She herself personifies the transformation of the flower. There is a tragically beautiful legend behind Apatheia.
“According to the legend, the Tiare Apetahi was born of a fatal incident …After having a bad argument with its unfaithful husband, a fisherman’s wife committed suicide on the summit of Temehani Mount. Beforehand, she amputated her hand that she put in a hole, hand to the sky. The next day, at dawn, walkers who spent the night at the summit of the mount are awakened by small pops … Looking around them, they discovered a fantastic spectacle: white flowers in the form of open arm blooming all over the Plateau, covering it of a white magical heady scent… They named the flower “Tiare Apetahi ” which means “only one side”.” This flower only grows in a specific place on the island of Tahiti, the Temehani Mount. All the attempts to transplant in other parts of the island or in the Leeward Island archipelago have failed. (from: https://www.moanavoyages.com/.../the-tiare-apetahi-a.../ )

It is a rare beauty as is the collage – containing so many hand cut and pasted botanicals. Truly special.

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