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Artist Statement:
The current body of work
retells the stories of women,
mythical and biblical, real
and imagined. These archetypal
images enquire into the
essence of human experience
revealed in feminine form.
The watercolor paintings had
their origin in the personal
experience of realizing the
ways that life transforms us.
The artist’s own realization
of how she had been marked by
events and emotions became
clear in her identification
with the fragile and fearless
figures that emerged from her
imagination. Through the
creative process, pain had
been transformed into beauty.
What began as an inward,
healing process moved outward
to reclaim the history of
images of the feminine,
ranging from the prehistoric
Venus of Willendorf to
present-day women who embody
the energy of their female
antecedents. They all have
chosen a path of exposure of
both their outward identities
and their inner selves. For
these women, the depth of
their experiences has reached
the surface, symbolically in
the form of the motifs that
cover their skin. The tattoo
lattice sometimes extends to
the children the women hold,
as an imprinting of the memory
of ancestral female power.
The process of creating these
images begins with a concept,
first visualized, then ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Body Mapping
August 1st through September
1st, 2008
Allen Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 5th
floor, New York, NY 10001
opening reception Thursday,
August 7th from 6 to 8 PM
http://www.allengallerychelsea.
com
Naked in New Hope
September 1st - October 21st,
2008
New Hope Sidetracks Gallery
2A Stockton Avenue, ...
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"Frau mit Eiern" 2001 watercolor on paper (15 x 22 inches). Permanent collection: Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN USA.
"I'll Make You Shorter by a Head" 1999 watercolor on paper (23 x 15 inches). Permanent collection: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN USA.
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