Mary Kocol’s inspiration grows from the memories planted in the gardens that her father and his friends grew during her childhood. These gardens – cultivated with fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants such as peonies, irises and carnations – still live within her mind. In her most recent works, a series of frozen, shimmering flowers, Kocol reflects upon themes such as gardens, landscape, and seasonal changes. The flowers are frozen in ice, then photographed in sunlight, creating everlasting evidence of two temporal states. In the process, there is always an element of chance and