Artist Statement
As an artist,
I draw, paint, sew, sculpt space. My environment in Maine is
extremely important to me and influences my work. I work in
two mediums: Kinetic Sculpture and Art Quilts. In each, the
process is key. Layering, spacial illusion, landscape and autobiography
are the subject. Working in twenty foot spans and stitches to
the inch, the play of great scale and intimacy piques my interest.
Art Quilts
My quilts are sewn paintings, acrylic on canvas that is
then hand quilted. This part of the process allows me to become
physically reacquainted with a piece created at arm's length
on the wall, and to add another visual dimension to it. I believe
that the work communicates with many because color and mark
making are a universal language.
Kinetic Sculpture
My ceiling and skylight hung mobile sculptures are made of acrylic
painted acetate, mica powder, metal leaf and mylar. I have currently
added embellished aluminum and plexiglass to the color and light
mixed media that is my sculpture. All work is suspended from
formed steel and airline cable. Pieces are attached to swivels
so that continuous air currents move the sculptures and project
and reflect colors on surfaces as sun or light flows through.
Without light through, the sculptures become jewel boxes of
color in and of themselves.
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