Notes on a Future Mythology
Paintings by Lucia Enriquez

October 10 – January 11

Opening reception Thursday, October 10 from 6 to 8 pm

Artist Statement

This exhibit explores myth, from my cultural past in the Philippines, as well as my present in the Skagit Valley. In myths from the past, I explore themes from precolonial creation stories: the dragon Bakunawa eating the moon; the bird Agila looking for land after the flood. I humanize the feelings of these creatures and imbue their transitions and actions with resonance from my own ancestral history.

In the Skagit Valley, I’ve immersed myself in forests, spending time by myself in the woods. I watch sunlight filter through the trees in varying stages of growth and decay, smell resin the air after a rain, marvel at swamp cabbage appearing like primordial candles in the Spring. My walks in the woods take me into something timeless, and I feel the surroundings as if they are extensions of my body.

By combining the past and the present, these paintings seek to ask: what qualities of the landscape might comprise future mythologies? What stories might define our shared future?

Agila-Looking-For-Land

Agila Looking For Land
Archival print on Dibond
24” x 18”

$1,000

Agila Looking For Land 06

Agila Looking for Land #6
Archival print on Dibond
16” x 12”

$400

Agila Looking For Land 07

Agila Looking for Land #7
Archival print on Dibond
16” x 12”

$400

Agila Looking For Land 08

Agila Looking for Land #8
Archival print on Dibond
16” x 12”

$400

Agila Looking For Land 09

Agila Looking for Land #9
Archival print on Dibond
16” x 12”

$400

Agila Looking For Land 11

Agila Looking for Land #11
Archival print on Dibond
16” x 12”

$400

Agila Looking For Land 12

Agila Looking for Land #12
Archival print on Dibond
16” x 12”

$400

As-Above

As Above
Archival print on Plexiprint
20” x 30”

$1,200

The-Bacunawa-Sees-His-Shadow

Bakunawa at Rest
Archival print on Dibond
24” x 18”

$1,000

Bacunawa-Choosing-Between-Desire-and-Sharing-the-Moon

Bakunawa Choosing Between Desire and Sharing the Moon
Archival print on Dibond
24” x 18”

$1,000

Body-Architecture-Study-02

Body Architecture
Archival print on Plexiprint
16” x 12”

$400

Exhalation

Exhalation
Archival print on Plexiprint
16” x 24”

$800

First-Flight

First Flight
Archival print on Dibond
24” x 18”

$700

Landing

Landing
Archival print on Plexiprint
24” x 18”

$800

Million-Year-Light

Million Year Light
Archival print on Plexiprint
36” x 24”

$1,500

Remembrance-Mountain

Remembrance Mountain
Archival print on Plexiprint
16” x 12”

$400

Sky-World

Sky World
Archival print on Plexiprint
20” x 30”

$1,200

Swamp-Lantern

Swamp Lantern
Archival print on Plexiprint
36” x 24”

$1,500

The-Heart-Tree

The Heart Tree
Archival print on Plexiprint
16” x 24”

$800

Turbulence

Turbulence
Archival print on Plexiprint
24” x 18”

$800

Veil-Spiral

Veil Spiral
Archival print on Plexiprint
24” x 16”

$600

Watermoon

Watermoon
Archival print on Plexiprint
24” x 18”

$800

Weather-Scars

Weather Scars
Archival print on Dibond
18” x 24”

$700

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