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COVER ART // Title: Moments of Hope // Artist: Autumn Rozario Hall
about the piece
| Materials: acrylic on birchwood panel. Down where the roots are growing the hidden world is singing to the seed and the bee and the blossom. This painting features wild indigo, pale purple cone flowers, and bees and reflects the connection between them. |
Title: Sanctuary // Artist: Autumn Rozario Hall
about the piece
| Materials: acrylic and pencil on toned paper Rest in me. Inspired by the promise of the coming spring. |
Title: Tales from Home // Artist: Autumn Rozario Hall
about the piece
| Materials: acrylic on paper. Watery washes of acrylic paint were layered on coldpress watercolor paper to create luminous color. The painting is a reflection on the joy of stories shared and finding moments of wonder in the ordinary. |
about the artist // Autumn Rozario Hall
| Autumn Rozario Hall (she/her, ella/ellas) is a Latina painter, dreamer, mother, and sharer of stories. She lives and works in Des Moines, Iowa. She is a recipient of two Community Art Grants from the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation and is working within the rewilding movement, blending art with environmental outreach in the form of gallery shows, native plant workshops, and writing. Through her work she seeks to share a sense of wonder and create art that inspires and uplifts. Her acrylic and mixed media paintings explore story and human connectivity to nature. |
Instagram: @autumnrozariohall.art
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