Hibiscus Girl Living in a Rose World

Medium: Mixed Media on Panel (Acrylic, Oil Stick, Ink, Gold Leaf, Fabric Collage)

Hibiscus Girl Living in a Rose World is a 44 x 36 inch mixed media painting created for exhibition at the Fringe Festival. The work explores themes of individuality, visibility, and social contrast through botanical symbolism and layered surface design.

At the center of the composition stands the “hibiscus girl,” a figure defined through the visual language of the hibiscus flower open, expansive, and vividly colored. The hibiscus has long symbolized bold beauty, femininity, and emotional openness. In this work it becomes a metaphor for a personality that blooms outward, resisting the pressure to fold inward or conform.

Ashland based mixed media artist, floral designer, and mother Jessica Lee Findleton creates vibrant, layered paintings that explore the electric connection between nature and humanity. Inspired by rivers, wild blooms, and the raw poetry of the natural world, her work blends paint, paper, and found elements into richly textured pieces that feel alive and immersive. Rooted in her daily relationship with flowers and the lived depth of motherhood, Findleton’s art bridges inner emotional landscapes with the rhythms of the earth, balancing tenderness with bold color and movement. Her work invites viewers to reconnect with nature, embrace their own becoming, and experience art as a soulful, contemporary expression of growth and spirit.