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Toothache by Shannon Covington

"One morning after a restless nights sleep and going through dental bills over the past few months, hoping to avoid a root canal I had a vision of a mass of white flowers with a burst of red. "My toothache." Silly but wait….why not. I knew at that time it was the inspiration I had been waiting for. This design is art because its purpose is not to simply display the beauty of the flowers being used but to use those flowers as a medium to communicate an idea. It’s an idea that may induce an emotional response, or even instigate a physical sensation."

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Whether you smile or cringe, you will be relating to it on a personal level having interpreted an abstract idea from a design. Shannon Covington is an artist and aspiring floral designer. Shannon has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Humboldt State University in studio art/photography. Her photographs have been shown in galleries in California and Oregon. Her work was also part of a group exhibition entitled Behind The Redwood Curtain: Women Photographers of Humboldt County, 1850-2000 which shows at the Reese Bullen Gallery in Arcata, California and at the International Photography Hall of Fame Museum in Oklahoma City.