Alice Garik

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      • THE PEONY: BEAUTY & POWERPalladium diptych of a woman showered with gold as pollen of a peony. The stamen of the peony are enlarged in both prints of the diptych. The peony flower gave women medicine and empowered them with prestige.
      • Roots to FlourishThis surreal palladium print features a tattooed back with a detailed serpent-dragon, its scales and coils intricately etched onto the skin. The dragon's body is overlaid with a network of tangled roots, merging with the human form in an ethereal, surreal composition. The work evokes themes of transformation, interconnectedness, and Eastern philosophy, referencing mythology, tattoo culture and the Five Elements philosophy. This work suggests a visual meditation on grounding, resilience, and vitality, blurring the boundaries between body, myth, and nature.
      • Can We Breathe?Palladium print of abstract photographic collage of a woman's legs supporting a newborn baby surrounded by blossoming oak leaves in palladium painted with red and green pearlescent watercolor is about our interdependence with trees. We breathe oxygen which trees release during photosynthesis and release carbon dioxide which the trees take in for their own nourishment.
      • Nesting in Our EcosystemA tattooed serpent rests on a nest of twigs. The twigs symbolize the microbial ecosystem we live in and that our bodies extend beyond our skin.
      • Go No FurtherGo No Further is implied by the barbed wire tattoos on her wrists. I added rose petals with thorns piercing to add to this mesage.
      • Daphne's FlightA palladium diptych with a woman having a tattoo of Daphne as she flees Apollo. The intense painted forms on the palladium print are reds and gold to indicate her expression of fear and the quickness of her movements.
      • Woman.Life.FreedomThis work with her hand intertwined with a snake skin collaged with a red painted Iris is an offering for the women of Iran who are in revolt for their human rights.
      • Creating and NurturingDandelion seeds are dispersing and fly as if they had wings. They intersect the tattooed serpent-dragon to symbolize our ability to create and nurture.
      • Our BodiesWork made as an offering to all women who will suffer as a result of the Dobbs Decision that affects women's rights.
      • Iris InstallationThis set of four palladium prints on Japanese gampi paper uses negatives I have created of Iris flowers with figurative works of a woman surrounded by flowers. The flowers and the woman's body are abstracted to show the similarities in the forms. We and natural objects can exist in harmony.
      • The Power of Her GazeA woman's tattoo seems to gaze at a praying mantis for her empowerment. Female praying mantis are dominant in their species.
      • Butterfly DiptychDiptych with eyes within a butterfly wing searching for connections to butterflies across time, memory and the present.
      • Kneel for Butterflies and FlowersEco-feminist collage of a woman kneeling within the embrace of butterfly wings and floral designs
    • Fauna
      • SEA_SERPENT_STARSThis surreal triptych references the occult practice of metamorphosis with her hand transforming into a serpent.
      • Snake-CircleA hand and snake are forming a circle symbolizing an uroboros which is used to image wholeness and infinity. The hand seems to be grasping toward this wholeness.
      • Serpents and RainIn many cultures, snakes are associated with regeneration, fertility, and needed rain, particularly in dry regions of the globe.
      • Dragonfly-Touchabstract photographic artwork in palladium - installation of Dragonfly wings with the fingers of a woman's hand.
      • Fire and BirdsThe photograph of a man's back tattooed with a bird is collaged with a skelton image of a bird's wing and the blackened images of burnt leaves. This symbolizes our connection to forest fires and their destruction of trees and killing of wildlife.
      • Dragonfly Wing InstallationAn installation of dragonfly wing palladium prints: from micro to macro, our world can expand.
      • 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.
    • Flora
      • ORCHID: RESILIENCE, MYTH and REALITYMyth and reality mix in this palladium diptych of a girl peering behind an orchid. Orchids have been known for centuries in North America for their healing properties, first by Native American peoples and later by the European colonists.
      • Women's PowersA woman immersed in a peony blossom. The peony is associated with ideas about women's powers.
      • Iris GeometryDramatic black triangle seems to pierce the petal beneath in this print of an Iris.
      • DreamingDreaming describes the flow in this artwork of Iris flowers done with palladium and pearlescent watercolor.
      • Caressing an IrisHer hand intersects the Iris flower in this surreal depiction of touching the Iris.
      • Give Me HoneyHer hand extends to receive. Gold flowing from and surrounding the Iris flower is a declaration of the beauty in nature that can be around us.
      • Flower PlayFlowers are always transforming-from bud to full flowering-to decay. The flow of the paint speaks to this natural phenomenon.
      • Iris TriptychBroken, tenderly touching Iris flowers like grief-stricken animals.
      • TremblingThis Iris reflects beauty, growth, movement and transformation.
      • Blossoming OakOak trees blossom in the Spring.
      • Iris SparksAn Iris. The beauty, fragility and vigor.
      • Into the EarthA man has his hand in moss in this graphically black and white print.
      • Iris with Bird Snakepalladium print - abstract image of a bird tattoo with a snake and iris flower by Alice Garik
    • Sea
      • Sea EyeThe flow of sea water that crosses her eye speaks to our origins in the ocean. A 16 X 20 inch palladium print.
      • BiomorphicTattooed arm, seaweed, a shrimp claw and enlarged seaweed patterns remind us of our connections to the ocean as the source of our lives.
      • SWIMMERReferencing the occult tradition of metamorphosis, a hybrid creature emerges. His bent tattooed arm is visible above the seaweed forms that encase him. this palladium layered print is created from multiple negatives and printings.
      • Eyes of the OceanShe looks out between an image of a hurricane and an image of seawed.
      • Ocean AliveA palladium triptych looking at how we will attune to the life in the oceans in the future.
      • Ocean DepthsA palladium triptych exploring our bodies' entanglements in the ocean.
      • Enter the OceanHolding a volute shell, she places it into the ocean.
      • Beneath the SeaOur connections to the ocean are vital. The ocean is the source of life on Earth.
      • Cosmic LightsIn this quartet, light sparkles on the ocean. Wave currents can be seen in each of the four palladium prints.
      • Ocean CrossingCamera-less articulation of seaweed mimics the textures of the ocean.
      • Blown to the SeaAn installation series depicting wind and the ocean through tattoos and seaweed.
      • Flowering SeasCamera-less articulation of seaweed mimics the textures of the ocean.
      • Palladium Print Ancient OceanThe wave washing back on itself reveals the ancient Horseshoe crab.
      • WavesPalladium print formed by the brushstrokes in a wave pattern and printed using negatives of seaweed.
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  • WORK
    • Eco-Feminism
      • THE PEONY: BEAUTY & POWERPalladium diptych of a woman showered with gold as pollen of a peony. The stamen of the peony are enlarged in both prints of the diptych. The peony flower gave women medicine and empowered them with prestige.
      • Roots to FlourishThis surreal palladium print features a tattooed back with a detailed serpent-dragon, its scales and coils intricately etched onto the skin. The dragon's body is overlaid with a network of tangled roots, merging with the human form in an ethereal, surreal composition. The work evokes themes of transformation, interconnectedness, and Eastern philosophy, referencing mythology, tattoo culture and the Five Elements philosophy. This work suggests a visual meditation on grounding, resilience, and vitality, blurring the boundaries between body, myth, and nature.
      • Can We Breathe?Palladium print of abstract photographic collage of a woman's legs supporting a newborn baby surrounded by blossoming oak leaves in palladium painted with red and green pearlescent watercolor is about our interdependence with trees. We breathe oxygen which trees release during photosynthesis and release carbon dioxide which the trees take in for their own nourishment.
      • Nesting in Our EcosystemA tattooed serpent rests on a nest of twigs. The twigs symbolize the microbial ecosystem we live in and that our bodies extend beyond our skin.
      • Go No FurtherGo No Further is implied by the barbed wire tattoos on her wrists. I added rose petals with thorns piercing to add to this mesage.
      • Daphne's FlightA palladium diptych with a woman having a tattoo of Daphne as she flees Apollo. The intense painted forms on the palladium print are reds and gold to indicate her expression of fear and the quickness of her movements.
      • Woman.Life.FreedomThis work with her hand intertwined with a snake skin collaged with a red painted Iris is an offering for the women of Iran who are in revolt for their human rights.
      • Creating and NurturingDandelion seeds are dispersing and fly as if they had wings. They intersect the tattooed serpent-dragon to symbolize our ability to create and nurture.
      • Our BodiesWork made as an offering to all women who will suffer as a result of the Dobbs Decision that affects women's rights.
      • Iris InstallationThis set of four palladium prints on Japanese gampi paper uses negatives I have created of Iris flowers with figurative works of a woman surrounded by flowers. The flowers and the woman's body are abstracted to show the similarities in the forms. We and natural objects can exist in harmony.
      • The Power of Her GazeA woman's tattoo seems to gaze at a praying mantis for her empowerment. Female praying mantis are dominant in their species.
      • Butterfly DiptychDiptych with eyes within a butterfly wing searching for connections to butterflies across time, memory and the present.
      • Kneel for Butterflies and FlowersEco-feminist collage of a woman kneeling within the embrace of butterfly wings and floral designs
    • Fauna
      • SEA_SERPENT_STARSThis surreal triptych references the occult practice of metamorphosis with her hand transforming into a serpent.
      • Snake-CircleA hand and snake are forming a circle symbolizing an uroboros which is used to image wholeness and infinity. The hand seems to be grasping toward this wholeness.
      • Serpents and RainIn many cultures, snakes are associated with regeneration, fertility, and needed rain, particularly in dry regions of the globe.
      • Dragonfly-Touchabstract photographic artwork in palladium - installation of Dragonfly wings with the fingers of a woman's hand.
      • Fire and BirdsThe photograph of a man's back tattooed with a bird is collaged with a skelton image of a bird's wing and the blackened images of burnt leaves. This symbolizes our connection to forest fires and their destruction of trees and killing of wildlife.
      • Dragonfly Wing InstallationAn installation of dragonfly wing palladium prints: from micro to macro, our world can expand.
      • 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.
    • Flora
      • ORCHID: RESILIENCE, MYTH and REALITYMyth and reality mix in this palladium diptych of a girl peering behind an orchid. Orchids have been known for centuries in North America for their healing properties, first by Native American peoples and later by the European colonists.
      • Women's PowersA woman immersed in a peony blossom. The peony is associated with ideas about women's powers.
      • Iris GeometryDramatic black triangle seems to pierce the petal beneath in this print of an Iris.
      • DreamingDreaming describes the flow in this artwork of Iris flowers done with palladium and pearlescent watercolor.
      • Caressing an IrisHer hand intersects the Iris flower in this surreal depiction of touching the Iris.
      • Give Me HoneyHer hand extends to receive. Gold flowing from and surrounding the Iris flower is a declaration of the beauty in nature that can be around us.
      • Flower PlayFlowers are always transforming-from bud to full flowering-to decay. The flow of the paint speaks to this natural phenomenon.
      • Iris TriptychBroken, tenderly touching Iris flowers like grief-stricken animals.
      • TremblingThis Iris reflects beauty, growth, movement and transformation.
      • Blossoming OakOak trees blossom in the Spring.
      • Iris SparksAn Iris. The beauty, fragility and vigor.
      • Into the EarthA man has his hand in moss in this graphically black and white print.
      • Iris with Bird Snakepalladium print - abstract image of a bird tattoo with a snake and iris flower by Alice Garik
    • Sea
      • Sea EyeThe flow of sea water that crosses her eye speaks to our origins in the ocean. A 16 X 20 inch palladium print.
      • BiomorphicTattooed arm, seaweed, a shrimp claw and enlarged seaweed patterns remind us of our connections to the ocean as the source of our lives.
      • SWIMMERReferencing the occult tradition of metamorphosis, a hybrid creature emerges. His bent tattooed arm is visible above the seaweed forms that encase him. this palladium layered print is created from multiple negatives and printings.
      • Eyes of the OceanShe looks out between an image of a hurricane and an image of seawed.
      • Ocean AliveA palladium triptych looking at how we will attune to the life in the oceans in the future.
      • Ocean DepthsA palladium triptych exploring our bodies' entanglements in the ocean.
      • Enter the OceanHolding a volute shell, she places it into the ocean.
      • Beneath the SeaOur connections to the ocean are vital. The ocean is the source of life on Earth.
      • Cosmic LightsIn this quartet, light sparkles on the ocean. Wave currents can be seen in each of the four palladium prints.
      • Ocean CrossingCamera-less articulation of seaweed mimics the textures of the ocean.
      • Blown to the SeaAn installation series depicting wind and the ocean through tattoos and seaweed.
      • Flowering SeasCamera-less articulation of seaweed mimics the textures of the ocean.
      • Palladium Print Ancient OceanThe wave washing back on itself reveals the ancient Horseshoe crab.
      • WavesPalladium print formed by the brushstrokes in a wave pattern and printed using negatives of seaweed.
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Myth and reality mix in this palladium diptych of a girl peering behind an orchid. Orchids have been known for centuries in North America for their healing properties, first by Native American peoples and later by the European colonists.
  • ORCHID: RESILIENCE, MYTH and REALITY

Myth and reality mix in this palladium diptych of a girl peering behind an orchid.

From a Ojibwe legend, a girl makes a dangerous winter journey through the snow to find medicine to heal her village. On the way she loses her moccasins and leaves a trail of bloody footprints. When spring arrives, in the bloody footprints, Moccasin orchids grow.

Today these orchids are known as Lady’s Slippers. Orchids, an essential evolutionary species, is the world’s largest flowering plant family and outnumber bird species 2:1 and mammal species 4:1. Orchids play a vital role in their natural ecosystems through their interdependence with specific trees, pollinators, soils, and mycorrhizal fungi.

When orchids disappear from their historical habitats, they are the ‘canary in the coal mine’–a sign to address accelerated climate change and biodiversity loss.

The resilience of “Girl with Orchid” is in working to keep alive hope and preserving biodiversity in our climatic times.

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