Soar

Rue Franklin Studio // Soar, 2023 // Mixed media on canvas

16x20 inch canvas

This piece "Soar" was created to represent what community can harvest. A soul can be raised and shared with the world. A dark corner can be lifted to become bright. A hollow can become whole. One can become many. The grounding nature of the piece is represented through the coarse pumice stone texture, the fragility of the heart is seen through its surrounding of glass beads, but the spirit of the piece still shines through in the melting of colours and the blast of metallic elements.

At first, the heart may seem alone, but is it not surrounded in gold? At first, the canvas seems muted with soft pastels, but is there not bold neons, metallics when you look closer? This piece aims to provoke us to dig a little deeper, acknowledging that while individual elements may seem to contradict or overwhelm, when we step back to look at the bigger picture a softness and togetherness comes over us - suddenly, it all makes sense.