Summer Pop Up Series: Artist Rachel Dove "Life and Water"

Artist's Statement about "Life and Water"

We came from the sea and evolved into the most intelligent species. When we are born, we come from a womb of our mother’s water before we can breathe and see. We are baptized in holy water. We cleanse ourselves in water. The fresh water sources on our planet keep us from extinction.

Water isn’t just physical, it transcends all literal definition. Images of water bring a sense of calm. Sounds of trickling rain drops soothe the mind. The tides shift with the moon and command the changing landscape of the planet. Water can kill. Water can save.

When I look at water I immediately feel euphoric. I am grateful. I am humbled. I am so small, yet I am so big.

To me, water symbolizes fertility, and the ebb and flow of life. When one life ends, another begins. The wave goes out,…