“An artist makes art to tell what life feels like.”
-Marvin Bell
I create art to show “what life feels like” (Marvin Bell). I communicate how natural cycles of the world correspond to life experiences. My work focuses on capturing various stages of growth and renewal within an environment that exhibits elements of decomposition and decay.
Ambiguous landscape serves as a metaphor for human experience – growth, the elusiveness of life, illness, aging, and hope. My face and eyes, leaves, hands, and flowers are dichotomous symbols both of healing and resiliency, and deterioration and fragility.
Watched, 2025
Digital print on Somerset with intaglio
16 ¼” x 14 ½”
Iris Morehouse Kumar 