Ink, paper, branches, bark and stucco on canvas
17 × 13 × 1.5 inches
2025

“nature’s untamed bounty, replete with impenetrable forests. Wild and untamed, Filice’s thickets are both psychological and metaphorical topographies that map the anxieties of the soul. Long the subject of countless folk tales and utterly unnavigable without breadcrumbs, the woods evoke conflicting emotions of unease and wonder. A case in point is the dramatic work on canvas entitled “A Walk in the Woods (N0. 8), 2025”, which is paradoxically both figurative and abstract. The weathered surface is animated with tangled webs of white lines, jagged and nervous, resembling lightning strikes. The scraggly black lines in the foreground appear like forlorn denuded and burnt twigs.  Filice affixes actual branches and bark to this piece which only amplifies the fragility of the environment in this dangerous moment. However, the bright blue sky peeking through the limbs honors the breathtaking beauty of nature and strikes a hopeful note.” —Nancy Kay Turner, Artist and Critic