My work as a painter for the last 15 years has centered around memory and place and the environment, often looking at it through the framework of the term solastalgia. And, I have never felt that word so relevant to my own life until the recent LA fires. 🧵

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

“Nautilus” was painted as part of my solo show Petrichor, which explorer the sensorial experience of natural phenomenon through color shape and form, while exploring themes of place, overlapping time and connection.

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Ok, going to make an introduction and see who I can connect with here where the skies are sunny! My name is Madeleine. I’m a painter and muralist living in LA. My work is about memory, place and the environment, and our ever changing connection to it. I care about human rights, and the power of art!