Peace Offering, Bullhoof
In full bloom, the flowers of the bullhoof take on pink hues, but here artists David Hartwell and Bill Ferehawk capture the flower at an earlier stage of growth when the petals are white. Although this native plant is itself not endemic to the Cayman Islands, the bullhoof flowers play an important role in other endemic life such as the parasitic plant Pilostyles globose var. caymanensis and the swallowtail butterflies that are attracted to its flower. Here, the artists draw attention to the small details of the plant by blurring out elements of the background. Each microscopic vein of the leaf is visible, and the points of the leaves and petals of the flower stand out in this luxury of greens.
About the Artist
Bill Ferehawk and David Hartwell
Known as Collective Artist Collective, Ferehawk and Hartwell live and work in Los Angeles as commercial artists in the film industry. Together they have created numerous works and installations as an ongoing investigation into the ways places and histories are marked and remembered. This series of photographs was taken in 2019 at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park when the pair were Artists-in-Residence at the National Gallery.