Artist Statement:

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"Water~ Life~ Flow" recurs in my work and examines how life experiences shape meaning and identity through a womanist perspective in a process I call Soul Mapping. "Soul Mapping" blends storytelling, movement, and symbolism to trace a soul’s journey. Like abstract expressionism, it’s rooted in a merging of structured design and intuition, and balances both intention and spontaneity. Instead of viewing my works as separate pieces, I see Water Life Flow as a unified series- It represents a visual journey that, like water, symbolizes the soul’s flow, stagnation, transformation, and healing properties as it interacts with the natural flux of life unfolding moment by moment. 

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I am art and the metaphysician —my creative process is an alchemy of emotional virtuosity, balance, renewal, and liberation that aims to heal, teach, and question. In my work, I visually channel emotional and spiritual expression by highlighting the overlapping lived experiences interconnected by the multiplicity of identity. Which, in turn, influences my use of materials and interdisciplinary techniques. As an artist, it’s my duty to deepen my understanding of self and interconnectedness, and to use my works to transform the properties of grace, beauty, and love within my current station across all my relations. 

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~Keita Annie Whitten Foster