In these works, I find myself dealing with subjects that I’m very familiar with. Slightly corrupt florals. I’m taking items from refuse and bringing them into a less random more orchestrated scenario. I’m building images that are a concentration of floral patterns, flower heads and petals some parts of vegetables, gathered together and formed into spherical shapes. When making and viewing them I can’t help but feel like they are at times a reflection of our, or other worlds. Each world similar and yet unique. Additionally I’ve developed simple stark floral studies that in my mind work as a portrait that has an individuality. Each world filled with citizens, individuals. Here I'm building up compositions, and then stripping elements down to very minimal imagery. - Steven J. Duede