Lazy Flower

Kris Lemsalu has always taken notes for her works of art: things she has dreamed of and real life occurrences, things imagined. The story behind Lazy Flower is also half-dreamlike: “There was a huge sunflower standing in front of me, with a mirror in its centre, and it said, “You are one lazy flower, Kris!”. It happened about a year ago, when I had decided to start with some smaller works, something I could handle on my own without other people’s help. I looked in the mirror, and this remark, this definition felt so apt and spot on that I started flirting with the idea of making a self-portrait called Lazy Flower.