On first look, the flowers that are the primary subject of Nancy Blum’s work are reassuringly familiar. But look for a few moments, and you begin to notice that things are not what they seem. These drawings portray botanical superheroes with agency and power without relation to human beings - we are not a part of their world. The riotous energy that is barely contained in Nancy’s detailed wonderlands doesn’t depend on us. These plants carry on joyfully without us.
