Theresa Bricker
My work invites one to explore the quirkiness of the human condition. Much of the imagery is drawn from my childhood, freely roaming, catching bugs, and creating forts in the woods of upstate New York and the Berkshires. Often focusing on the thin line between hope and despair, my art questions how we break free of our genetic, social, environmental, technological, or self-created confines to find truth and stability. In my current work I ruminate on biophilia (love of nature) vs. biophobia (the fear of nature) and how they affect the way we reshape our environments. We use tools to alter and sterilize our surroundings. But we need to fix these tendencies, not only to bring back the wild, but also to re-expose ourselves, as well as the next generations, to the wonders and diversity of nature. We must look past our initial squeamishness and get closer to examine the beauty of the unfamiliar.
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