Museum Staff Art: Nov. 23 - Dec. 6, 2021
Pop-Up Window Exhibit @ 9 West Granada Blvd, Ormond Beach
Artist Bios
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Kristin HeronKristin was born in Allentown, PA and moved to Ormond Beach, FL at the age of two. Growing up in a creative family she can't remember a time when art was not intertwined with life. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and Music from Rollins College, she returned to her hometown of Ormond Beach with a deep commitment to engaging the community in the arts. She can now be found creating in her Ormond Beach art & photography studio, curating for the Ormond Memorial Art Museum, and exploring the natural world for inspiration with her beloved dogs.
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Michelle DavidsonMichelle is a mixed media artist, musician, and author who currently resides in Daytona Beach. Her new painting series, Abandoned, portrays visions of abandoned places inspired by actual places encountered during her travels and created from explorations of her mind and spirit. The Abandonment series is a cathartic experience explored through paint, imagery, self-discovery and enlightenment.
Kristin Heron
OMAM's Curator of Education, Outreach & Exhibitions
About the "Unearthed" series
Kristin Heron has long been influenced by the unique flora and fauna of Florida’s landscape, which becomes a metaphor for human experience in her art. To unearth things takes time, and her current series "Unearthed" is a collection of paintings that will be revealed over the next year. “Unearthed” brings attention to our physical relationship with the ground we stand on every day and our dependence on what it yields, while also drawing parallels to the transformation of human thoughts and emotions through reflection beyond surface depth. It's a worthwhile commitment of time and patience to witness how the earth changes things or how we change ourselves. A sprout or a clean bone emerges only after being within the soil, appearing as something new. In this way, the world beneath our feet is a place that supports what is most precious – life, death, and renewal. "Unearthed" explores our inseparable relationship with this sacred resource and our only home, the earth.
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The Memory of Rain
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Unearthed
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Artifact of Life
Michelle Davidson
OMAM's Gallery & Volunteer Coordinator
About the "Abandonment" series
The journey of abandonment is a personal look into the process of letting go: of people, of places, of things which no longer serve our highest purpose. The first four paintings, Carnival, Hideout, Fallout, and Floodgates, take a look at personal relationships and how their dynamics effect our emotional being. The second part of the series digs deeper into the personal exploration of the self: fears, hope, and discovery. Through our own reflections and exploration of love, one may find that through abandoning our past one might find a new bridge to the soul.
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Carnival
The sun sets
to Apocalyptic skies
Excitement and thrills
Rollercoaster rails
Laughter lingers
On the giant wheel
Left standing still
Rust and glass
Fading memories
In a door
Now trapped
On the carnival floor -
Hideout
Apocalyptic clouds
Rain ashes
That settle into pores
Pain on graffiti walls
Closing doors
Reflections
Barren and free
Within these Hideout’s doors
