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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.

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