Name/Title
Gaia GutsEntry/Object ID
2025.05.02Description
Orange, yellow, and red flower figure with green at the bottom and top on a blue background.Artwork Details
Medium
Oil pastel on paper, WatercolorContext
"The work is from a series I call Fire Followers. It’s a classification for plants that respond to fire in California. Through my research I was thinking of the concept of the preservation paradox and how it relates to the California landscape. Indigenous traditions to care for the land such as controlled fires have been erased through colonization. These wild flowers that inspired the work (Matilija, Phacelia, Whispering Bells, and Fire Poppy) not only show us that these lands have always had a relationship to fire, but also the power of new life from ash." -Maddy InezAcquisition
Accession
2025.05Source or Donor
Megan Mulrooney GalleryAcquisition Method
PurchaseCredit Line
Courtesy of the artist and the Barbara Nessim Acquisition PrizeLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Flowers, Forest fires