'Plant Society' Collage Series: Opiates

Poppy-ulation

In a society that depends on chemical influences to go through our day, life is a pharmacopeia of potential distractions. The stigma of things like drugs not only persecutes people associated with it, but the plants too. Imagery associated with human conditions can be used as symbols, and the plants that provide our conditions often adopt the iconic symbol.

Forms deliver meaning, even if they simply represent the pleasures and pain of this human condition on earth.

Opiates, 2021. Mixed media collage.