Nancy Raen-Mendez

Artist Statement

My work is created through the depiction of visual and metaphorical layers. I often include a layer that refers to the physical environmental terrain of the Earth. My work is meant to conjure ideas about the cycles of life. Various figurative elements in the work refer to the presence of human life undergoing its natural cycles. Mutations (often depicted as figurative/insect/animal hybridizations) are sometimes included as allusions to humankind’s interconnectedness to other forms of life on Earth.