EDITH

EDITH IS A WOMAN CAUGHT IN THE SHIFTING MIRRORS OF IDENTITY. IN HER DESPERATION TO KNOW HERSELF, SHE WANDERED THE WORLD ASKING STRANGERS TO DESCRIBE HER FACE. EACH RESPONSE WAS DIFFERENT, EACH REFLECTION INCOMPLETE, LEAVING HER FRACTURED AND UNCERTAIN. THAT RESTLESS SEARCH BECAME THE FOUNDATION OF THIS SERIES: ONE HUNDRED HAND-PAINTED PORTRAITS, EACH A GLIMPSE OF EDITH THROUGH THE EYES OF OTHERS OR THROUGH THE WEIGHT OF HER OWN EMOTION. PAINTED ON 12”X 12” WOOD PANELS, THE WORKS GROW MORE CHAOTIC AND ABSTRACT THE DEEPER HER ANXIETY RUNS, CAPTURING HER IN MOMENTS OF DISTORTION, BEAUTY, AND TRANSFORMATION.

EVERY EDITH PORTRAIT IS BOTH A PHYSICAL PAINTING AND A MINTED NFT ON SOLANA. THE NFT SERVES AS PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY AND OWNERSHIP OF THE ORIGINAL CANVAS. COLLECTORS MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE THEIR PAINTING SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO THEM, OR STORED SAFELY BY WETIKO. WHEN OWNERSHIP CHANGES, SO TOO MUST THE PHYSICAL WORK, CARRIED CAREFULLY BETWEEN COLLECTORS IN A TRUST THAT BINDS ART, STORY, AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

FOR THOSE WHO HOLD BOTH AN EDITH AND A LOVER PAINTING, A NEW POSSIBILITY UNFOLDS: THE CHANCE TO COMMISSION A STORY PAINTING. THESE RARE WORKS ARE CREATED BY MERGING THE TWO CHARACTERS’ ENERGIES AND LORE, EXTENDING THEIR DIALOGUE INTO A FRESH ARTWORK THAT PUSHES THE MYTH FORWARD.