F O U N D A T I O N S

2023

FOUNDATIONS, THE COLLECTION

THIS COLLECTION IS AN OPENING INTO WHITNEY’S PATH TOWARDS BEING GROUNDED. LEARNING ACCEPTANCE WHILE WALKING THROUGH A DIFFICULT PATH, THIS COLLECTION IS SPARKED BY THE FOUNDATIONAL MATERIALS OF NATURE FOUND THROUGHOUT HER DESERT HOME AND THE RICH PALETTE ORGANICALLY PAINTED ON THIS LAND. WHITNEY DOVE INTO THE ORIGINS OF ROCK FORMATIONS AND HOW THEY ARE ESTABLISHED. IN HER RESEARCH INTO THE DEEPEST SEDIMENTARY LAYERS , WHERE NO LIGHT TOUCHES, UP TO THE SURFACE, WHERE FORMATIONS SPAN FROM RICHLY COLORED TO BLISTERED FROM LIGHT, SHE BEGAN TO AWAKEN TO THE REALITY THAT HER LIFE INDEED PARALLELED THIS ASPECT OF NATURE. SHE EXPERIENCED HERSELF GOING TO THE DARKEST PLACES WITHIN HER HEART AND FUMBLING FOR SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO HOLD. THE BELIEF THAT WE ARE ALL MADE OF FRAGMENTED PIECES, SOME PARTS CEMENTED IN DEEP FAITH, WHILE OTHER PARTS ARE BEING CARRIED BY A CURRENT, CHIPPED, ERODED AND HARDENED TO FORM A NEW FOUNDATION IS A THEME FOUND IN THIS COLLECTION.