About the Artist & the Work MAGGIE FITCH

As a ceramic and multi-media artist, I am interested in portraying such invisible concepts as the marvelous energy within Earth’s consistent pattern of decay and renewal.

The “Dandelion Spirit” piece began with a lithograph print I had previously made showing a minimally outlined face appearing to float above and gaze down upon several stylized dandelions.

A poem expressing the esteem I hold for this plant - commonly regarded as a “weed” - is part of the composition. My reverence for the “weed” is shown by placing the lithograph within an arched frame resembling a church window. This section is placed above the lower one which shows a roughly swirling, energetic pattern alluding to the dense and mysterious depths from which the plant grew.

The three photos here show the whole piece along with two details of the top and bottom sections.

The Poem (in detail top right)

In a world so dense, under a space so light, what mystery inside the seed’s fragility and might?

How deeply rooted, how supremely powered, the invincible splendor of the dandelion flower.

~~ Maggie Fitch, 2023

DANDELION SPIRIT, DETAIL OF TOP SECTION

DANDELION SPIRIT

Cardboard, lithograph print, oil crayons, acrylic medium and acrylic paints

41” x 26”

$600

DANDELION SPIRIT, DETAIL OF BOTTOM SECTION