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Rebecca Potts Aguirre
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It Comes in Waves (2020-2021)
I Still Cast A Shadow (2021)
Balance (2021)
Polymer clay squishes and cracks as I meditatively mix and blend colors, rolling and pressing the clay with my hands. I use a small clay blade and a sewing pin to shape and place each color onto glass where I build my images. As I work, I scroll through my mental to-do list, recall flickering memories, and worry about my child’s future. As I watch her try to balance during gymnastics class, I can’t help but think of my own attempts at balancing this too-full life. How do we “do it all?” My thighs squish and my living room overflows like the clay pushing outside precise borders. No matter how carefully I position tiny bits of clay or plan my child’s lunches, the clay and my child rebel. Allowing that rebellion feels uneasy against the pressure to hold it all together. I’m constantly teetering, trying to find balance.
Things Fall Apart (2019-2020)
I Said No (2019-2020)
Manifesting Hope (2019-2020)
Urban Landscapes (2018-2020)
Clay Abstractions (2018-2019)
Fire (2017-2019)
“Fire” uses color, energetic marks, and repeated trees to express emotions about the increasing severity of the forest fire seasons here in California, across the western U.S, and around the world. I paint from memory, imagination, and photographs, blending abstraction with recognizable imagery. Fire works its way into the paintings, just as it is increasingly working its way into our lives. As the climate warms, we experience more and more extreme weather. Both fire season and hurricane season are growing longer and more destructive. “The effects of global warming on temperature, precipitation levels, and soil moisture are turning many of our forests into kindling during wildfire season.” -Union of Concerned Scientists
Blue Gold Thaw (2008-2011)
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