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Title
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A Winter Vision
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Artist(s)
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Mara Ahmed
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Artist Statement
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This digital collage is inspired by a story about the Raquette River (Ahnawá:te in the Mohawk language) on a winter evening, when a horned owl swooped down a tree and seemed to guide the storyteller along the riverbank. This experience sharpened her thoughts and gave her a new perspective on her life and work. The background in this artwork references the geometric patterns found in Mohawk quilts, rooting the composition in connections to land and ancestral/water memory. The color palette captures the twilight moment and starts with blues that quickly turn purple and gold. There is a fractured red line where the sun has set, a boundary between day and night, and white circles against a black sky which evoke the snow on the ground. A swooping owl foregrounds the collage and embodies movement, energy, and nature’s sway and wisdom.
