I Never Promised You A Rose Garden is a contemporary exploration and examination of depictions of flora and fauna in contemporary art, the exhibit consists of a number of still lives, particularly floral still lives, which have had a long andstoried past in art history -- representing humanity's connection withnature. The eponymous phrase for the title of this show has beenassociated with the struggle to regulate mental health. In a day and agewhere society is struggling to preserve and protect the environment and itsown sense of safety, security, and mental well-being, it seemed everprescient to examine what natural beauty means in the visual arts in thisnew decade of the 2020s. Each of the artists in this exhibition takes a distinctly post-modern approach to figurative depictions of flora and fauna as well as materialchoices -- using anything and everything.
