What I do ~~ My Thoughts
The ties that bind, in this case, the paper that bonds me to my childhood, my heritage. My love of paper, particularly weathered paper found in the country of my childhood has proved to be a link that keeps me grounded.
In a way, the work is coming full circle, from using clear imagery on the front to selecting the back of papers that show through multiple complicated layers. I discover family is like a lot of layers glued together each showing their imperfections yet bonding to the whole.
Several of the works were completed during an artist residency at Brush Creek Art Foundation in Wyoming.
The element of line in the works was stimulated after viewing a series of Navajo blankets at the Denver Art Museum. The titles derive from the names of dwellings given at Mesa Verde.
