Alice Garik

visual artist

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    • Fauna
      • 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.
      • Our BodiesWork made as an offering to all women who will suffer as a result of the Dobbs Decision that affects women's rights.
      • 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.
      • 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.
      • InstallationInstallation of framed works surround the work titled "Can We Breathe"
      • 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.
      • Hand EmbraceA double exposed print of a large hand embracing a woman with her arms crossed. The idea is that we must learn to embrace ourselves, especially in times of trouble.
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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.
      • 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.
      • Daphne's FlightA tattoo on a woman's arm evokes Daphne's metamorphosis into a laurel tree. The tattoo is based on Bernini's sculpture of Apollo grabbing Daphne in the Greek myth.
      • 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.
      • 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.
      • SharingTriptych of two Iris with leaves offering their beauty.
      • TremblingThis Iris reflects beauty, growth, movement and transformation.
      • Blossoming OakOak trees blossom in the Spring.
      • 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.
      • Iris with Bird Snakepalladium print - abstract image of a bird tattoo with a snake and iris flower by Alice Garik
    • Sea
      • 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.
      • Coral DisappearsWith warming oceans, coral reefs are suffering bleaching.
      • Sea CrevicesCamera-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.
      • 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.
      • 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.
      • WavesPalladium print formed by the brushstrokes in a wave pattern and printed using negatives of seaweed.
      • Turbulent Waters
  • About The Work: Poetic Visual Stories
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  • WORK
    • Fauna
      • 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.
      • Our BodiesWork made as an offering to all women who will suffer as a result of the Dobbs Decision that affects women's rights.
      • 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.
      • 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.
      • InstallationInstallation of framed works surround the work titled "Can We Breathe"
      • 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.
      • Hand EmbraceA double exposed print of a large hand embracing a woman with her arms crossed. The idea is that we must learn to embrace ourselves, especially in times of trouble.
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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.
      • 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.
      • Daphne's FlightA tattoo on a woman's arm evokes Daphne's metamorphosis into a laurel tree. The tattoo is based on Bernini's sculpture of Apollo grabbing Daphne in the Greek myth.
      • 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.
      • 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.
      • SharingTriptych of two Iris with leaves offering their beauty.
      • TremblingThis Iris reflects beauty, growth, movement and transformation.
      • Blossoming OakOak trees blossom in the Spring.
      • 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.
      • Iris with Bird Snakepalladium print - abstract image of a bird tattoo with a snake and iris flower by Alice Garik
    • Sea
      • 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.
      • Coral DisappearsWith warming oceans, coral reefs are suffering bleaching.
      • Sea CrevicesCamera-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.
      • 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.
      • 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.
      • WavesPalladium print formed by the brushstrokes in a wave pattern and printed using negatives of seaweed.
      • Turbulent Waters
  • About The Work: Poetic Visual Stories
  • Bio
  • News
  • Contact
  • A woman's tattoo seems to gaze at a praying mantis for her empowerment. Female praying mantis are dominant in their species.
  • Work made as an offering to all women who will suffer as a result of the Dobbs Decision that affects women's rights.
  • A 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.
  • 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.
  • Installation of framed works surround the work titled "Can We Breathe"
  • In many cultures, snakes are associated with regeneration, fertility, and needed rain, particularly in dry regions of the globe.
  • abstract photographic artwork in palladium - installation of Dragonfly wings with the fingers of a woman's hand.
  • The 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.
  • An installation of dragonfly wing palladium prints: from micro to macro, our world can expand.
  • A double exposed print of a large hand embracing a woman with her arms crossed. The idea is that we must learn to embrace ourselves, especially in times of trouble.

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ALICE GARIK, VISUAL ARTIST
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