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ARTIST STATEMENT

Sandi Hall

I love wildflowers. Always have. I was that little girl that picked

mustard flowers from the grass and kept them for myself instead

of presenting them to my mom. I can remember spending time

gazing at their color, intricacy and usually a random ant or two.

This piece was inspired by my 2-year-old-granddaughter, Liberty.

Libby beholds a wild and free spirit. She loves snuggling in a
blanket to watch the sun rise, the hydrangeas in my garden, and

Spider-Man. Her help in my garden is most often counter

productive, but encouraged if she takes time to notice what she

has just picked. We spend time hammering color from flower

petals onto the cement and my garden has taken strong tones of

“kink” and “yeyow”, her favorite colors.

Liberty helped me dry, pick and place the flowers on this piece.

She was excited when I shared with her the prayers I had sewn on
the gauze underneath the dolls dress… prayers that she will

always remain wild, free and inquisitive. Those prayers covered
me as well… as this piece liberated me into finding my own wild

and free artistic self.