ARTIST STATEMENT
Rhea Fitzgerald
I was born with a photographer’s eyes
A potter’s hands
And a poet’s heart.
Some people wonder if I will ever make up my mind.
Probably not.
It was only a matter of time
Before I connected all those pieces together
So that I could tell my story in the clearest possible way
Because essentially
I am a storyteller and I find stories everywhere
Stories in a face, in a pot, in a picture.
Some have words to speak-
The opening line to a novel-
Others just have a mood.
It’s a jumping off place for me
To discover who I am
And where I am going.
It is at the same time intensely personal
And completely universal.
I am on a search for truth.
I find it in the unusual
And in the ordinary details.
I look for similarities and common themes
I watch how things interact
How they play together.
I have found truth in ancient eastern thought,
In new age philosophy,
In the woods,
On the beach,
In the wind,
at a construction site
And in the smell of baking bread.
Most of my personal pieces
Tap into some sort of truth
That dances around the edge of a universal theme.
The times I have felt most alone
I find that I am most connected
To every other soul on the planet.
If my work speaks to you
It pleases me
That our paths have intersected for a moment.
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