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Some visions are just too big to contain in a single work of art. Working in a series gives an artist space, time, and a structure to expand and refine. A series can contain a grander theme, developed from a variety of perspectives…
A series can grow in meaning and scope over the years of adding to it. For instance: The Women As Birds series continues to fascinate me since 2012. In the beginning, I needed only one willing collaborator to answer the question, “If you knew at the end of your life you would become a bird, which bird would you choose.?”
Each muse thereafter – woman and bird – expands my love and hope for the world. I have a love affair with each of them and form an interspecies sisterhood. Love is part of my practice and part of my vision.
Working in a series provides structure, a vessel to contain the vision. Each piece fits within the whole and invites comparison and contrast, allowing a fuller narrative. I select specific materials and explore how they relate and enhance one another. This unifies the whole.
For instance: Don’t Fuck the Patriarchy repeats shapes , color, pattern, and line to illustrate the passage of time. Each piece tells part of the story.
A series develops discipline. Some inspiration comes fully formed and some require mining the depths of the unconscious to come to fruition.
For instance: It took me several years to complete Portals. I did not know originally that it was to be a series; it became one when I realized I had to persist with expressing pain and rage. Criticism from a workshop teacher stopped me in my tracks for months. I learned that I needed to put it away and let time hone the vision.
Some visions are just too big to contain in a single work of art. Working in a series gives an artist space, time, and a structure to expand and refine. A series can contain a grander theme, developed from a variety of perspectives…
A series can grow in meaning and scope over the years of adding to it. For instance: The Women As Birds series continues to fascinate me since 2012. In the beginning, I needed only one willing collaborator to answer the question, “If you knew at the end of your life you would become a bird, which bird would you choose.?”
Each muse thereafter – woman and bird – expands my love and hope for the world. I have a love affair with each of them and form an interspecies sisterhood. Love is part of my practice and part of my vision.
Working in a series provides structure, a vessel to contain the vision. Each piece fits within the whole and invites comparison and contrast, allowing a fuller narrative. I select specific materials and explore how they relate and enhance one another. This unifies the whole.
For instance: Don’t Fuck the Patriarchy repeats shapes , color, pattern, and line to illustrate the passage of time. Each piece tells part of the story.
A series develops discipline. Some inspiration comes fully formed and some require mining the depths of the unconscious to come to fruition.
For instance: It took me several years to complete Portals. I did not know originally that it was to be a series; it became one when I realized I had to persist with expressing pain and rage. Criticism from a workshop teacher stopped me in my tracks for months. I learned that I needed to put it away and let time hone the vision.