Part of the artist’s Creation & Decay series, this striking memento mori – a reminder of death – is part of the Creation and Decay series. Inspired by the palettes of Henri Matisse, bright colors celebrate the precious existential joy that even painful emotions allow us to feel.
A mystic vision overlaid with mosaiced religious symbols, the piece constructs its own iconography of creative and destructive life forces set against a surging, chaotic field of color.
The Sampaguita flower from the Philippines, a recurring motif, traces back to the artist’s country of birth. The Sampaguita is a symbol of purity and simplicity, strength and humility.
‘Skull and Flower’ is painted in a language unmistakably from the dreamy and unconventional imagination of Maggie José.
