Piece description from the artist
This piece is one of a series of cut paper collages inspired by witnessing the glimmers of magic woven throughout the ordinary life alongside a small child.
During a family event, I took my two-year-old daughter outside for some fresh air and a chance to run around. She spent a half an hour picking "wishes" from the field behind the venue, carefully arranging an increasingly unwieldy puffball posy. She was chattering away, half to herself as, occasionally blowing the seeds into the sky. At one point, as she watched those delicate little fluff umbrellas float off and away, I heard her say, " I wish dat EVERYBODY… have a snack."
I developed this series of collages while in the throes of raising my two young children. Making these pieces gave my a chance to step back and meditate on the small, beautiful sparkling moments. Lingering on the everyday magic had a huge impact on my perspective.
Canadian Paper artist Elena Skoreyko Wagner obtained a bachelor of fine arts from York University in Toronto in 2007, but it took nearly ten years, a master's degree in occupational therapy, two children, and two overseas moves for her to find her voice as an artist in the most obvious place! The very place she spent countless hours as a child, amidst the joy of scissors, glue, and some bright snippets of paper.
Through intricate, intimate hand-cut paper collages, Elena’s artwork celebrates the magic hidden in everyday life. Using lovingly collected bits of paper imbued with their own histories, she assembles poetic images illustrating personal stories, emotional experiences, and the little moments that sparkle in everyday life and make it all worthwhile.
Her work is both relatable focusing on ordinary life and the many foibles and challenges that come with being human, and transporting, as it captures the wonder and magic that exist there, if one only takes a moment to notice.
Elena works as a fine artist and freelance illustrator, with a breadth that includes three-dimensional paper installation, animated short film, and books. Her work has recently been seen on Brain Pickings, in Flow Magazine, and on the New York Times online.
She currently resides in York, UK with her husband, and two spirited children, who provide endless discoveries of joy in the midst of mundanity and chaos!
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