BLOSSOMS IN OUR HANDS

What do we leave you?

Blossoms In Our Hands, 2021
Oil paint, acrylic, wood, carbon fibre, aluminium and stainless steel
Unique work (a pair)
H75 x W110 x D55cm (overall)
© Mark Humphrey

“BLOSSOMS IN OUR HANDS EXPLORES THE RESPONSIBILITY WE HOLD FOR WHAT WE BUILD, NURTURE AND LEAVE BEHIND. CHILDREN’S WOODEN BUILDING BLOCKS FORM THE SKELETAL HANDS, BRICK BY BRICK AND BOLT BY BOLT, CONNECTING CHILDHOOD, CONSTRUCTION AND THE NATURAL WORLD FROM WHERE MATERIALS COME.

CHERRY BLOSSOMS EMERGE ACROSS THE HANDS LIKE FLESH COMING TO LIFE – SYMBOLS OF GROWTH, BEAUTY AND THE POTENTIAL TO BLOOM. THE HANDS BECOME BOTH CREATORS AND CUSTODIANS, HOLDING THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT COMES NEXT. CARRYING OUR BLOODLINES, THEY HOLD THE FUTURE – TO PROGRESS, TO PROTECT AND, ULTIMATELY, TO SHAPE WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.”

Mark Humphrey