Grace Athena Flott Studio

WASHING WITH THE ROOTS / 2025

Oil on cradled birch, 20 x 30 inches

Exhibited at June 2025

Washing with roots equates to an altarpiece for the healing and health found in water and connection to ancestors. Inspired by Frida Kahlo’s painting What the water gave me, 1938. I began by printing my scar pattern as the blue on yellow shapes, then layered images of four plants: the bitterroot flower, ponderosa pine, an iris flower, and balsam root. Central is the arrowleaf balsamroot, native to the arid Mountain West United States where I grew up.

As a burn survivor, the balsamroot is especially meaningful because it’s extremely fire resistant and resilient. Thanks to its large root system that can extend for miles underground it is one of the first plants to return after a burn. Even in the most devastating barren landscapes, the balsam root springs back to life thanks to its wide network connections with other species. An apt lesson for our current political moment.

Artwork images by Stefan Gonzales.

Loved the reactions to this one at the exhibition.

THEY HUNGERED FOR MORE (SPEAR) / 2025

Oil on cradled birch, 8 x 8 inches

Recently exhibited in GRAB.HOLD.RELEASE at Common Ground Gallery, June 2025

THEY HUNGERED FOR MORE (SNAG) / 2025

Oil on cradled birch, 8 x 8 inches

On view in GRAB.HOLD.RELEASE at Common Ground Gallery.
316 2nd AVE S, SEATTLE, WA 98104

Come experience this surreal moment tomorrow Wednesday June 25th with a special evening performance by /BLOOD SUGAR/ We all needs spaces in which we can feel and process this world and I promise you BLOOD SUGAR is giving it. Join us xoxo

June 25th BLOOD SUGAR: POETRY, MOVEMENT, & SOUND PERFORMANCES.
✨7 pm, doors 6:30pm
An evening of sound, movement and poetry, featuring performances by Cass Garison, marco farroni leonardo, genesis, and BLUEs.WEAVE. Curated by

✨$15 suggested donation at the door. No one turned away for a lack of funds.