Elissa Akusika Gibson "Green to Green"

Elissa Akusika Gibson (WA)

Green to Green, 2026
24" x 12"
mixed media (wood, mirror, dried plants)
ready to hang
*FRAGILE!

"Green to Green" is framed in dried roses, flowers, and moss — plants once living, now preserved in stillness. The window suggests looking outward for knowledge, but the mirror turns that gaze inward. In the reflection, the viewer becomes part of the landscape.

Medicinal herbs carry beauty, healing, and history. They also carry potency, risk, and responsibility. By using dried botanicals — preserved yet fragile — this piece honors mortality and preservation along with the wisdom and the caution embedded in plant medicine traditions.

With this work, I invite reflection — not only of the self, but of our relationship with the powerful plants that sustain and challenge us."

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