THANK YOU FOR TAKING A LOOK.
ART LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN
Greetings and appreciation that you are taking the time to take a look. There is so much to see. I think you’ll find your time here enjoyable, refreshing and pleasing to the eye.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING A FEW MOMENTS.
Welcome to my world!
Like an ocean, delve into a world of light bouncing, brilliant colors, vistas of textured landscapes, depth, and atmospheric worlds of color.
FABRIC COLLAGE - WHAT IS IT?
Difficult to define. My art is really about the process. For years, I've been creating "Art Cloth." I start with a couple of yards, usually finding rolled up remnants of natural fibers; linen, cotton, rayon, wool, rayon and my favorite, silk. Silk is like the sky- able to absorb and enhance color, the long fine fibers welcome thin brush strokes, and the textures and types vary like sunlight. .My studio is like Aladdin's cave:splashes of deep. rich , shimmering scraps of cloth hanging like stars from the ceiling or cached gems from deep within the earth. I have experimented with every way of adding color to fabric. I screen, stamp, hand paint, scrunch, tie, searching arcane kitchen tools to make marks and patterns. after this second stage, I introduce pieces to one another. Like love and life, I am constantly surprised. Scraps have literally fl0ated down from ceiling.
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Each of my pieces has a story
Rarely do I start with a preconceived image or idea. In the coloring process, shapes, images or figures occur. My job is to look for the story. And wait for it to reveal itself.
I have a stash of my art cloth, dangling like bits of rainbows from my studio ceiling. Textures, transparencies, coloring processes-a heaven of color to choose from.
Sometimes the story, the idea, the image leaps out, almost as if it can't wait. Other times, it stays pinned together on my wall for weeks. I usually have several works in progress simultaneously.
My Art has a story, but I love to listen to what viewers imagine their story that the piece communicates to them.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ARTIST
About Me
My Inspiration
My Medium
Lake Michigan has practically been my front yard all my life. Fifth child in a family of ten, I had what my husband calls, "too much unsupervised time." Independent and curious , I loved to discover secret places. We lived right around the corner from Loyola University and Mundelein College. i would wander the halls poking my head in t
Lake Michigan has practically been my front yard all my life. Fifth child in a family of ten, I had what my husband calls, "too much unsupervised time." Independent and curious , I loved to discover secret places. We lived right around the corner from Loyola University and Mundelein College. i would wander the halls poking my head in the galleries and classrooms. and of course, the Lake. I would head down to the beach early in the morning, before anyone, watching the waves.
My Medium
My Inspiration
My Medium
FABRIC COLLAGE
- CLOTH (Natural Fibers -mostly silks, especially
COLOR (every one I could find
or concoct
In small batches, I would
hand color, dye, paint, screen, print,
stamp, take out the color, and explore different techniques-
such as sumnigushi, shibouri,
phototransfers and layering
creating depth and atmosphere.
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
Generate excitement
Lake Michigan, waves, light, shadows, and Nature-clouds, flowers, moonlight.
I try to capture the moment right before something happens.
Anticipation and Surprise.
Generate excitement
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