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Artist Statement:
I like to feel energy move. I
experience life and aliveness
as energy moving, as feeling
in motion. Much of my visual
art expresses the radiance
(light) of moving energy: the
dynamic tension of potential
fusion or repulsion; the
balance of ground and subject
that requires the viewer’s
participation as movement in
experiencing a work; “real”
space interpenetrating a work
such that the work and its
environment move with, and
through, one another; and etc.
Much of my inspiration is
tactile – the feel of material
in my hands can be the siren
to the next piece or series. I
may also envision a work and
acquire the technique(s)
needed to manifest it how
I’ve seen it.
My artwork is significant on
my path. The visions teach me
of states, the processes teach
me of transformation in the
physical world. My gratitude
for this path is inexpressible
except through the work
itself.
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected exhibitions:
Breaking the Myth – From Art
to Craft and Beyond
Taos Art Association, Taos,
NM Juried show Nov-Dec
1998
Ladies of the Night -
Dreamworks of Contemporary
Women Artists
Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe,
NM April-May
1997
Art For Wearing San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, ...
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Artist Galleries:
More works past and present
may be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/65z8rs...
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R.A.L. West Biography:
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Age
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64
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
1
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| Religion |
Spiritual/non denominational |
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| Education |
Self Taught |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Holistic healing; Reiki Master/Practitioner; Hatha Yoga; Travel; Hot Springs; |
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Textures, tactility, natural world, meditation, the human body, dreams |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
It seemed the only thing!! |
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| Your Personal Biography |
My first body of definitive expression was innovative and futuristic wearable sculpture which I designed and constructed full-time from 1974-1982. These works reached their collectors via artful retail shops, galleries and commissions on both Coasts of the USA.
I was privileged to have work from this period chosen for a couple of major museum exhibitions.
With a move away from the urban environment, and beginning studies in the Healing Arts, the artwork evolved into mixed media “wall reliefs “. These were first created with techniques identical to those in my Art Couture work – albeit hand sewn – allowing me a more contemplative creation process, and a much more physically supple result. In fact, the first couple of works were also wearable ceremonial garments that expanded into hanging works with their own unique integrity.
Within the year I was creating these reliefs in various mixed media, often including textiles, and encouraged by regular and enthusiastic commissions from interior designers and architects in Southern California.
All my work before 1990 was signed “Cuca, a family nickname. Most of my Art Couture pieces were reversible, and unsigned.
After 1989 I focused most of my creative energy into training and facilitating in the Healing Arts: Breathwork, Reflexology, Flower Remedies and Reiki energy work. During this time I continued to draw, take photographs and make small artworks.
In 2000 I began a small business hand-dyeing silk scarves with a unique shibori animal skin pattern I developed. These sold to retailers as I traveled the Southwest, bearing the label Fibonacci.
Since 2004 I’ve again been creating work consistently: one-of-a-kind body adornment accessories, digitally manipulated original drawings, and direct digital painting. I’ve also discovered I have a small collection of compelling photographic images!
I expect to settle into a new studio before the end of 2008 where I will have the space and resources to make the things I’ve imagined for over twenty years, and for which the technology is now available. A partial archive of my work, and a venue for the purchase of reproductions in prints, greeting and postcards is available at: http://www.zazzle.com/AlienEyesArts*.
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