Colossal · Creativity & design

Debra Baxter's 'Ascent' Explores Vulnerability and Mysticism

Artist Debra Baxter's exhibition 'Ascent' features jewel-like sculptures using materials like alabaster, quartz, and bronze, delving into consciousness, nature, and spirituality.

Baxter's recent work, influenced by a period of recovery from long Covid, incorporates a mystical and meditative quality. During her recuperation, she experienced visions that altered her perception of space.

The sculptures, initiated five years ago, include pieces like 'The Day I Tried to Live' and 'Fade Into You,' where human hearts are depicted with effervescing crystals, symbolizing either emotional calcification or a tangible outpouring of the spirit.

'Fade Into You' features a hinge, allowing it to be open or closed, representing a duality of emotional expression.

Baxter uses solid, earth-derived materials to create tension between vulnerability and strength, the fleeting and the permanent.

Her alabaster busts portray women striving for higher consciousness but experiencing fragmentation, drawing inspiration from classical sculpture and a belief in feminine intuition.

Works such as 'Veil' explore the nature of perception and the thin boundary between our world and the next, reflecting a newfound permeability in life and an embodiment of mystical concepts.

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