Welcome to my mind.
The Inside Stories works are inspired by personal experiences, of those around me, and the world at large. Some pieces address difficult subjects that deserve more visibility of the pain and inherent strength of survival, others celebrate the highs of life. I admire and wish to pay tribute to the beauty, pride, and determination of those who dare to change the world and themselves for the better.
Double meaning, sarcasm, humor, and simple, blunt verbiage layered with color and texture are a few of my methods of communicating. What a person may (literally or figuratively) read into my work may or may not be the intent, which is exactly the point and joy I find in each creation.
Do you see people in colors that do not match their true physical shell? I do. Their colors change based on their mood, the context, or simply my perception or connection to them at the time. Painting the Human work, and especially of my exquisite and beloved muse, is often as much about sharing my vision of them as it is an artistic rendering of their individuality, beauty, and strengths.
Texture and fiber arts as a whole, from dyeing and painting silk scarves to dyeing and re-purposing the lovingly made vintage doilies into new art forms, is so peaceful. Sometimes what was made decades or centuries ago, are simply designated as “no longer in style” and discarded. I love to challenge that concept and honor and collaborate with those that created before my time. I am determined to save as many vintage beauties from a fate in the dark or thrown away as possible. It warms my heart that dear friends have joined in this rescue mission and often share some of their family pieces or go on an antique store buying spree.
The other art forms, especially the abstracts, are a blessed way to remember to loosen up, have fun, let things go, take a risk, or just breathe. The abstracts are largely the manifestation of releasing the noise, drama, stress, goals, and dreams in a foreign language that I cheerfully do not attempt to decipher, nor learn. I just let it come, and I let it be.
Be well.
Cheers
- A
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