“Exhale” was one of two monotypes I created this past fall as I was thinking about our country and the condition of our world in general. Politics and religion aside, many of us seem to be focused very intently on enhancing our own personal situations—almost to the exclusion of others. We have become a society selfishly drawn inward with those in power ignoring those who just want a chance to take a breath or change their way of life.
"Exhale" is an abstract monotype print with collage on paper mounted on a deep wood panel (two pieces 6" x 4" x 1.75"). The price is $160 including free shipping within the continental US. If you would like to arrange your own shipping, please email me for the price difference.
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MIXED MEDIA PAINTINGS COLLAGRAPHS AND MONOTYPES HANDMADE ARTIST BOOKS
I have always been a maker, a creator, a modifier, a re-doer. Even as a child I worked with my hands, always busy, always moving. My art is a lot like visual archeology, an unearthing of facts, symbols, and emotions as I attempt to make sense of life’s anomalies. I love surface design, texture, layers, muted colors, and artifacts that suggest the history and the emotions behind events and ideas. My art—whether a painting, print, or artist book—communicates the joys, fears, and scars we collect as we go through our lives. Only some elements are recognizable since I am an abstract, mixed media artist. My work has been shown in galleries, corporate institutions, and national publications and is held in a number of private collections. I am a juried member of the National Association of Women Artists and live and work in Charlotte, North Carolina.I was in my twenties when I had the opportunity to take my first art class, an elective that rumor had it would be an easy “A”. I never expected to become so captivated. Though ultimately I completed two writing degrees, I continued taking art classes while pursuing a career and raising a family. Then a retrospective of the late collage artist Romare Bearden ignited my passion once again. It was then that I chose art as a second career, studying on my own and with other wonderful artists locally and nationally.
My first projects combined paper, fabric, and sewing as line, but the love of paint and texture eventually drew me to other surfaces. I now work on paper, canvas, and the deep wood panels that provide a solid base for me to construct multi-layered, textured abstract paintings. My portfolio also includes monotypes and handmade books of various sizes.
Sometimes my motivation is simple: wanting to communicate the feelings that surround me in the middle of the woods or while watching water cascading over rocks from 30 feet above me or waves cut trenches into the sand at high tide. Other times it’s more complicated. I may get ideas from reading, listening to others, or writing in my journal. A painting, a print, or even an artist book is my method of working out these complex ideas and their relationship to one another. It becomes a mystery or a puzzle to be solved. Sometimes there is resolution. Other times the search continues.