6"x 17"x 1"/ 16 x 42 x 2 cm

Mixed media assemblage on wood and plaster

2013

From the Winged Keys series. An ornate, rusty key-hole adorns a wood panel covered in vintage papers: pages from a French schoolbook about Little Red Riding Hood and a handwritten list from a 1906 construction site. A second, plaster-covered panel frames the first, and a tiny winged key flutters at the bottom.

This piece speaks of duality and growing up. In the center is a tiny little girl. Sometimes she feels so small, and sometimes so big. The world keeps telling her to fit in but she looks through the keyhole at her own wonderland of possibility. What if she crossed to the other side? What if she was the key? Maybe the "secret" is about welcoming the little dreamer that lives within each of us, vulnerable and brave, innocent and wise, and gently opening the door, inviting her to play.