Arianna Sikorski
Poet • Artist • Traveler
Art Gallery
Rangiora Released
10" x 34" x .25"
Rangiora leaves and photograph prints
2015
“Muddy As” and “Clarity Before Huka Falls” are part of an ongoing series called Rangiora Released, a poetry project inspired by the natural environments in New Zealand during a yearlong solo exploration of the country. The free write poems are written on Rangiora leaves, a native plant found in the NZ bush, and then are released back into the environment where each is written. The photographs displayed are in categorical order of environment, creation and release – each to serve as evidence of the poem’s surroundings, existence and journey.
Visit my Rangiora Released page for all poems
Hidden Hearts
22" x 28" x .5"
charcoal and acrylic paint on canvas
2016
Inspired off personal stories and intimate conversations with various men, Hidden Hearts attempts to expose the authentic inner identity of child innocence hidden within the adult realities and sexual expectations (or exploitations and abuses) men experience. The diverse women phantoms surrounding the little boy are meant to draw into question the female/male relationship juxtaposition when it comes to sexual encounters, needs, and evaluations. Who is manipulated and who is manipulating? Is the man victim or conqueror? Does he play or control? Hidden Hearts is purposed to question and expose, not answer; and in so doing, perhaps reveal a far more complicated human experience and reality than what is usually associated with men. The correlating “Hidden Hearts” poem was inspired off the painting and attempts to bring voice to the inner dialogue and complexities of a man’s heart who is commonly objectified.
Horizons
20" x 58" x 2" [framed]
acrylic on canvas
2011
Los Angeles culture is imbedded with the exploration of dreams and the historic notion of an expansive horizon with new opportunities. This piece embodies that concept by focusing on the magnetic pull one has toward the invisible when in pursuit of individual identity within the city. The intensity of light is there to draw the eye beyond the roads, the figure and even the horizon itself – a symbol of the unknown possibilities we all pursue that cannot be seen in any form or space.
Lost Identity,
the New Gift of Woman
31" x 38.5" x 1.75" [framed]
watercolor and charcoal on paper
2013
This piece was inspired by my poem Lost Identity, The New Gift of Woman, a response to the surprisingly frequent notion that "women take a lot of work" emotionally or professionally in today's modern society. Using the juxtaposition of color and charcoal images along with an intermixed relationship of the poem between mirror and self, the piece questions what is reality and what is reflection. It is an embodiment of the inner conflict women encounter daily when determining what image and identity they want to portray for the many roles and expectations placed on them. The piece is meant to serve as a prick of recognition, a challenge and reminder to ourselves, as well as onlookers, to seek out and protect the greatest gift we have to offer for today's female identity. Rest. A presence found within ourselves that personifies woman's beauty in all its many facets.
Elderly Woman
18" x 24"
charcoal on newsprint paper
2013
Photograph of elderly woman used as reference for charcoal sketch.
Beach Violets
12" x 16" x .125"
acrylic on canvas
2013
Paint:Lab art class in Santa Monica referencing the painting "Beach Violets."
Yellow Tiger Lilly
8" x 10"
watercolor on paper
2016