Wildflower in the Topiary 2025
Jaclyn Caris
Acrylic on paper
16” x 20”
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In a meticulously controlled, 'topiary' garden, a figure stands in sharp contrast to her surroundings, wearing the wild flowers of an untamed moment. The piece holds in ambiguity whether these flowers are an act of quiet rebellion against our 'sculpted' lives, or evidence of a deeper, innate connection to nature. It is a meditation on the boundary between structured order and the authentic, wild self that persists.