Alice Garik

visual artist

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    • Fauna
      • Chimeraa chimera of a woman and blossoming oak leaves.
      • Wing Curve 1Monarch Butterfly wing. Monarchs need to be protected to survive.
      • Dragonfly Wing InstallationAn installation of dragonfly wing palladium prints: from micro to macro, our world can expand.
      • Butterfly DiptychOur eyes are looking out for the survival of Monarch butterflies.
      • Kneel for Butterflies and FlowersEco-feminist collage of a woman kneeling within the embrace of butterfly wings and floral designs
      • Fox Meeting
      • Mantis Phoenix Risingpalladium print - abstract image of a tattooed woman's body with preying mantis by Alice Garik
      • Holding Her NestA woman's hands intermix with a bird's nest, which she appears to hold next to her heart.
      • Spider Emerges
      • Bird and SnakeA shed snake skin divides this tattoed man's back. His back has a bird and snake.
      • Snakes
      • Spider's Journey 2This diptych of a spider moving among parts of an Iris flower.
    • Flora
      • Orchid Balance InstallationAn installation of a hand balancing an oversized orchid.
      • Blossoming OakOak trees blossom in the Spring.
      • Abstract Iris 1I am to translate the energy of living things--here an Iris flower. I paint the palladium solution as I follow the forms of the Iris.
      • Abstract Iris 2Following the forms of the Iris flower, I paint the palladium emulsion to show the flower's energy.
      • Abstract Iris 3The vibrancy of the Iris moves my brush as I paint the palladium emulsion on the gampi paper.
      • Iris Installation LayoutSeparate palladium prints of The Iris Installation laid out to view.
      • Iris InstallationInstallation based on the Iris flower
      • Among the PeoniesAbstract diptych of a woman among peony flowers with the second palladium print of an abstract peony.
      • Lichen Diptych
      • Iris SparksAn Iris. The beauty, fragility and vigor.
      • Into the EarthA man has his hand in moss in this graphically black and white print.
      • Firepalladium print - abstract image based on tattoo of tree by Alice Garik
      • NestingBird's Nest
      • Shadow PlayParts of an Iris flower showing the beard and stamen shadowed by the Iris petals.
      • Iris with Bird Snakepalladium print - abstract image of a bird tattoo with a snake and iris flower by Alice Garik
    • Sea
      • Blown to the SeaAn installation series depicting wind and the ocean through tattoos and seaweed.
      • Eye Shell Seaweed
      • His Boat on Crashing WaveA diptych of a man's torso in the shape of a boat rides a crashing wave. After Hokusai, The Great Wave.
      • Aphrodite DiptychWe are one with the water and the ocean. All life originated in the ocean.
      • BloodGreek myths say that the blood from Medusa's severed head became the brightly colored corals.
      • AphroditeScallops can have as many as 400 eyes circling around their shells. This is a palladium print of a camera-free capture of these eyes.
      • Daphne and Sea 2Based on the Greek myth, this diptych of Daphne is changing into a laurel tree.
      • Portrait and SandThis tattoo portrait is paired with sand to illustrate this quote from Graham Harman: "Instead of placing souls into sand and stones, we find something sandy and stony in the human soul." From the book "The Quadruple Object"
      • Coral Honeycomb 1Coral is in danger of extinction due to ocean warming and climate change.
      • Merging 1Many varieties of coral. Coral is in danger of extinction due to climate warming.
      • Striped BassFin fragment of a Striped Bass. One of the fish that are caught in the waters off the NY coastline.
      • Rising WaveA wave shape, like the letter C, in this abstract work.
      • His Shoulder & FinsDiptych of fish fins and a man's shoulder with a tattoo.
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    • Fauna
      • Chimeraa chimera of a woman and blossoming oak leaves.
      • Wing Curve 1Monarch Butterfly wing. Monarchs need to be protected to survive.
      • Dragonfly Wing InstallationAn installation of dragonfly wing palladium prints: from micro to macro, our world can expand.
      • Butterfly DiptychOur eyes are looking out for the survival of Monarch butterflies.
      • Kneel for Butterflies and FlowersEco-feminist collage of a woman kneeling within the embrace of butterfly wings and floral designs
      • Fox Meeting
      • Mantis Phoenix Risingpalladium print - abstract image of a tattooed woman's body with preying mantis by Alice Garik
      • Holding Her NestA woman's hands intermix with a bird's nest, which she appears to hold next to her heart.
      • Spider Emerges
      • Bird and SnakeA shed snake skin divides this tattoed man's back. His back has a bird and snake.
      • Snakes
      • Spider's Journey 2This diptych of a spider moving among parts of an Iris flower.
    • Flora
      • Orchid Balance InstallationAn installation of a hand balancing an oversized orchid.
      • Blossoming OakOak trees blossom in the Spring.
      • Abstract Iris 1I am to translate the energy of living things--here an Iris flower. I paint the palladium solution as I follow the forms of the Iris.
      • Abstract Iris 2Following the forms of the Iris flower, I paint the palladium emulsion to show the flower's energy.
      • Abstract Iris 3The vibrancy of the Iris moves my brush as I paint the palladium emulsion on the gampi paper.
      • Iris Installation LayoutSeparate palladium prints of The Iris Installation laid out to view.
      • Iris InstallationInstallation based on the Iris flower
      • Among the PeoniesAbstract diptych of a woman among peony flowers with the second palladium print of an abstract peony.
      • Lichen Diptych
      • Iris SparksAn Iris. The beauty, fragility and vigor.
      • Into the EarthA man has his hand in moss in this graphically black and white print.
      • Firepalladium print - abstract image based on tattoo of tree by Alice Garik
      • NestingBird's Nest
      • Shadow PlayParts of an Iris flower showing the beard and stamen shadowed by the Iris petals.
      • Iris with Bird Snakepalladium print - abstract image of a bird tattoo with a snake and iris flower by Alice Garik
    • Sea
      • Blown to the SeaAn installation series depicting wind and the ocean through tattoos and seaweed.
      • Eye Shell Seaweed
      • His Boat on Crashing WaveA diptych of a man's torso in the shape of a boat rides a crashing wave. After Hokusai, The Great Wave.
      • Aphrodite DiptychWe are one with the water and the ocean. All life originated in the ocean.
      • BloodGreek myths say that the blood from Medusa's severed head became the brightly colored corals.
      • AphroditeScallops can have as many as 400 eyes circling around their shells. This is a palladium print of a camera-free capture of these eyes.
      • Daphne and Sea 2Based on the Greek myth, this diptych of Daphne is changing into a laurel tree.
      • Portrait and SandThis tattoo portrait is paired with sand to illustrate this quote from Graham Harman: "Instead of placing souls into sand and stones, we find something sandy and stony in the human soul." From the book "The Quadruple Object"
      • Coral Honeycomb 1Coral is in danger of extinction due to ocean warming and climate change.
      • Merging 1Many varieties of coral. Coral is in danger of extinction due to climate warming.
      • Striped BassFin fragment of a Striped Bass. One of the fish that are caught in the waters off the NY coastline.
      • Rising WaveA wave shape, like the letter C, in this abstract work.
      • His Shoulder & FinsDiptych of fish fins and a man's shoulder with a tattoo.
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A woman's hands intermix with a bird's nest, which she appears to hold next to her heart.
  • Holding Her Nest
  • Palladium on Japanese gampi.
  • 2019
  • 24 X 19 inches

She holds a bird’s nest as if her hands were resting on her heart. In my neighborhood in Vermont, I found birds’ nests with human and horse hair intertwined with the twigs forming the circles. I knew the horses and the people, whose hair it was. This intimacy completed the circle of our relationships: from one being to another, all about home.

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ALICE GARIK, VISUAL ARTIST
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