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STATEMENT OF WORK
I have made art from used bedsheets for 20+ years, and my experiments with newspapers started 10 years ago. The two objects hold lots of information in their thin skins and occupy an intimate temporary space close to our dreams and thoughts. The Draperies are large sewn wall works that combine the art historical term drapery, depictions of folded fabrics, with my interest in curtains. They are sewn entirely from old, patterned bedsheets I paint on with watery acrylics. Dated bedsheets act as windows for peering into specific times from the past. The surface of a bed is a place where one experiences and escapes reality, a gateway between two realms. Newspapers remind me how quickly current events become the past. My newspaper pulp sculptures combine floral forms with loose interpretations of bodily movements. Their surfaces resemble stone or a smooth tree trunk. I’m interested in exploring psychological themes through abstraction. The ambiguous forms depict the malleability of memory. Negative space shapes substantive forms as an environment impacts those occupying it. Patterns and repetition stand in for habitual behaviors. My approach to making is improvisational within the constraints I define, striking a balance between chaotic gestures and structure. Feminism informs and supports my process, materials, and techniques. Influenced by clothing construction, the human body, curtains, windows, flowers, and cycles in nature, my work is a material exploration of the immaterial.