The Void / Flowers of Life Craig LaRotonda and coming into being

and coming into being

Oil on Vintage Book

She uses softness in application and color to suggest sweetness in spite of a creeping despondence

Embroidery Thread

her path was set

The Void / Flowers of Life Craig LaRotonda and coming into beingDetails Artist Bio Shipping Oil on Canvas 12 x 12 in. 30 x 30 cm. 2016 Framed Jana Brike was born in Latvia, a small country in the Northeastern part of Europe, while it was under Soviet occupation. Her childhood was bittersweet, molded by dark stories of war and deportation told to her by her grandparents, the cold and conservative atmosphere of catholic church ceremonies, and heightened by breathtaking ballets at the Opera House. Her inspirations