-Reworked Artist Statement-
Flowers are symbolic of many things
including youth, beauty, growth and development, fertility, and most
interestingly, sexuality. In a historical sense, flowers also represent
Florida, as Ponce De Leon named the state after its wide array of flowers. I
intend to focus on the sexuality of youth in Florida utilizing flowers as
sexual symbols/innuendos. Young people in Florida (and the rest of America)
have increasing pressures to look a certain way and to engage in sexual acts-
this trend has resulted in high rate of pregnant teens and young men/women with
psychological and/or physiological disorders. As with all things, not
everything is strictly black and white, and thus there will be a metaphysical quality
to some of the images to insinuate a duality of the topic.
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