AWAITED HOPE EXHIBITION (2017)

Mandy Rogers is an abstract artist from East Texas who now resides in the city of Dallas. She works mostly in acrylic, while sometimes utilizing oil and watercolor. This particular series is about suffering. However, she didn’t want to tell a story of suffering without telling a story about hope - to ensure that hope shined through in the midst of pain and suffering. She writes about her experience in creating these pieces, “I kept coming back to mountains and blue hues and the way light comes into them. I wanted to capture that feeling just before the light comes in, that hope, but also the heaviness and weightiness. Hope can often feel heavy and difficult to grasp onto, and it can be easier to hold onto your doubt or hurt. I wanted to let the viewer know that hope can be hard to grasp, but it is here and it is coming. That’s why you see the white sweeping down in the paintings."

Learn more about Mandy Rogers and view her artwork at mandyrogers.art.

Also follow her on Instagram - @mandyrogersart

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