"The Artists’ Prison” artist Eve Wood in Art and Cake LA
Studio Visit: Eve Wood
“Eve Wood is an artist, a poet, and a novelist. Her visual art is wrought in a raw and direct style that gives the work a sense of humor and charm that can be a counterbalance to the dark themes that occupy her. Indeed the use of humor gives an artist more latitude to move freely from one theme to another. She feels a deep kinship with nature and especially with birds. ‘When I was a young child I had a prescient sensitivity to birds. One time my father was driving us somewhere and I exclaimed, “There is a green parrot injured on the road.” My father looked around and not seeing an injured bird, told me that I was wrong. Again, later, I had a strong feeling- sensing this injured bird- and I cried out again; my father told me I was wrong and to be quiet. A short distance down the road we came upon an injured green parrot on its back in the middle of the road. My father stopped the car and I rescued it. This was one of many times in my life that I had this kind of experience with birds. As I grew older I had to tune this out a bit, as it became overwhelming. Birds are important to me, as symbols in my art and as a deep connection that I have to the natural world.’”