Piece description from the artist
I drew elements of this piece from photographs I took at the Huntington Gardens in California. I was fascinated by the Scholar Rocks they had in the Chinese Pavilion- special rocks that are only found under West Lake in China. These rocks are planned as part of the garden layouts, imbued with both earth and water elements, since they are made of earth but uniquely formed by water movement. Scholars are said to contemplate the shapes in the rocks while thinking deeply.
SaraMarie Bottaro is originally from San Diego, California. She is in her final year of the BA + BFA program at Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Peace and Justice Studies is her major at Tufts, and themes of non-violence and radical solidarity influence her artistic work and collaborations greatly. SaraMarie is in the Senior Thesis Program at the SMFA and is currently launching a publication house, Dancing Rabbits Publications. Awards include The President’s Research Award at the SMFA and the Peter J. Wade Memorial Scholarship at Tufts University. Her collaborative social activism project, From Boston With Love, resulted in an interview and published article in USA Today and a write up in Al Jazeera and Il Fatto Quotidiano.
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