Nikala Bourke

Past Their Prime – A Celebration. 


These colour filled floral wreaths are circular celebrations of life and its many stages. I have collected petals and observed their transformation over several weeks and months. Their colours and forms blend to combine beautiful compositions which remind me that though they are past their prime, their beauty still allures. 


Vibrant, round compositions use the petal as metaphor, representing the physical and intangible changes that occur as we age. The petal is a simile for skin and body and the effects of time that create certain changes as we get older. 


I liken them to myself personally as a woman whose body and skin is transforming. Though aging and bodily changes may be inevitable, wisdom, empathy and depth from life experiences prevail.

Wreath 066, 2015.

Rose Ring, 2015.

Wreath 064, 2015.

Wreath 045, 2015.

Wreath Ring, 2015.

Wreath 053, 2015.



Wreath 581, 2016.

Wreath 586, 2016.

Wreath 597, 2016.



Wreath 281, 2016.

Wreath 005, 2016.

Wreath 187, 2016.

Wreath 082, 2016.



Wreath 20, 2016.


Wreath 070, 2016.

Wreath 533, 2018.

Wreath 321, 2018.

Wreath 458, 2018.

Wreath 568, 2016.

Wreath 406, 2016.

Wreath 516, 2015.


Wreath 292, 2018.

Clover, Hydrangea and Rose Wreath, 2018.

Wreath 314 - inverted black and white digital image, 2016.

Wreath 306 - inverted black and white, 2016.

Wreath BW598 - inverted black and white, 2017.

PAST THEIR PRIME – A CELEBRATION



PASSING LIGHT THROUGH.

REVEALS MY EXPERIENCE.

CYCLES I HAVE LIVED.

CELEBRATING MY EXISTENCE.


ELUCIDATE THE CLARITY

OF TEXTURE AND OF MEMBRANE.DANCE IN MY FORM.

LOOK INTO ME, TO REMEMBER.


TURN IN A CIRCLE.

I CHANGE. I EVOLVE.

REVEL IN MY COLOURS.

VIBRANCIES TO BEHOLD.


I DISINTEGRATE AND CHANGE.

MY SURFACE TRANSFORMED BY TIME. DEPTH AND LAYERS BESTOW.

KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM NOW MINE.


NIKALA BOURKE, 2015.

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