Salazar-Ajo Library invites you to an exhibit by local artist Stacey Harms, on display December 1 - 31, 2025.
Artist Statement:
Flowers are a theme I return to again and again. Flowers first attracted me because I so love color and the shades and hues in the rainbow of flowers that blanket our planet are infinite. The first flower garden I planted was with my mother. A bed of mixed tulips and zinnias. When they came on the colors were intoxicating to my eyes. We cut flowers from this bed for our dinner table all summer long.
So many shapes! I could paint them the rest of my life and never represent all of them. I returned to flowers this past summer. This work began with a stand of hydrangeas growing against a garage wall in Michigan. I am using this opportunity to step back from my focus on desert cacti and succulents to just focus on blossoms and to do so invoking my love for bright colors and forms in space both real and imagined.
Image courtesy of the artist
