tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58945369973407698702024-02-01T22:46:54.205-08:00TWELVE VOICES FROM ONEGRADUATE EXHIBITION OF THE 2009 ART CLOTH MASTERY PROGRAMJeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-17493774307443209982011-04-13T06:32:00.001-07:002011-04-28T08:45:17.363-07:00Images from the Radius Gallery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXIpVFGsC_JK8rOyaTzS-noZzDGhNL6fDGJZ_4YpZc5q4MBCFojHQ39PeY3Djm5iQveXN3LzbUc8QpH5jKRu0gjJeejncoHGzJH7Bti57En7iCfYYBt39MVz4b7Enro7zKfW9JUHdePk/s1600/Exhib+9+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXIpVFGsC_JK8rOyaTzS-noZzDGhNL6fDGJZ_4YpZc5q4MBCFojHQ39PeY3Djm5iQveXN3LzbUc8QpH5jKRu0gjJeejncoHGzJH7Bti57En7iCfYYBt39MVz4b7Enro7zKfW9JUHdePk/s400/Exhib+9+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595495560474196290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbSttkAwo8biOWNXW3auierT5c14yEwuClHhhx0mhQAaHeiQSLDZpT59T0T_YWva18r_zLe39ySV_1LsaljZ81S-n31YO1S4-qgT6GLiU1MVBr8E49eY3rLzJSXxhuk-Jqbm2XUSmUaM/s1600/Exhib+6+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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<strong>What Do We Touch?</strong><br />
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The Samdokai (The Harmony of Difference and Equality), a poem by the eighth-century Zen master Sekito Kisen, explores the concept of “branching streams that flow in the darkness” and an urging for those who study the mystery to not waste time.<br />
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Through direct experience, questions arise such as “what do we touch and what touches us?” When inquiry and response arise together, what do we open to and what opens us? Somewhere, beneath the surface, an intermingling of experiences occurs; causes and conditions lead up to this moment in time and space. Past, present and future are not separate, nor is the process linear.<br />
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Mining the unconscious involves identifying patterns and habits, searching for something that cannot be named, and finding along the way timelessness, transparency and impermanence. The process of making becomes an archeological dig; the exploration of entangled and transparent layers. We have an opportunity to gain an intimate understanding of what is most important. Don’t waste time.<br />
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<strong>Biography</strong><br />
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Edie Brown has worked with dyeing and surface design since 1996. She first exhibited her work in 2003 and was included in the Surface Design Association Review 2007. Brown is also a registered nurse with a Master’s Degree in Public Health. As “branching streams flow in the darkness”, she continues to explore the intersections of working in healthcare systems, practicing Zen, and speaking in cloth. Compelled to go deeper and be challenged further, her journey continues in the effort to discover visual language for invisible concepts and to think spatially as well as spaciously about fiber.<br />
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<a href="mailto:ediebrownmum667@yahoo.com">ediebrownmum667@yahoo.com</a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-72407167833780664642011-04-13T06:31:00.001-07:002011-04-28T08:38:13.090-07:00Edie Brown<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFrxYu0jBS9AA0pbP5tIm3A_V2vEdk7odI5V0LlXZhBcdyrnkAEfusc1HvUxWHecoyMUxY4bGDTbP8fHANt262-zmt181oa8bgxIj4W0KMKivwb6AWcyUYGBdW5_e3vVJmrAMxR4OuQg/s1600/Edie+good+photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFrxYu0jBS9AA0pbP5tIm3A_V2vEdk7odI5V0LlXZhBcdyrnkAEfusc1HvUxWHecoyMUxY4bGDTbP8fHANt262-zmt181oa8bgxIj4W0KMKivwb6AWcyUYGBdW5_e3vVJmrAMxR4OuQg/s400/Edie+good+photo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599517787127085890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTciukb-j8jfkS4y5lixdoSFZ7zTkSUhbAdOjnzTJ1z4iU-Zf-Q8VRcQnb8elZFJbCIZbMEhmR6rvP88sZ97uuMAFAJMabi0Wij8eEDbbOAOSW0HMNV2aomNu_K0jR75j1nf4w-EdKL8/s1600/Edie+good+photo2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTciukb-j8jfkS4y5lixdoSFZ7zTkSUhbAdOjnzTJ1z4iU-Zf-Q8VRcQnb8elZFJbCIZbMEhmR6rvP88sZ97uuMAFAJMabi0Wij8eEDbbOAOSW0HMNV2aomNu_K0jR75j1nf4w-EdKL8/s400/Edie+good+photo2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599517698115714210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5ZXjTDkx25DO1DEx1P4uQBHz9aghiba6ws4v7G349FMDQtlorfh-biQEQl0r0XCg_pu3dib6xRtbOkzapYWRo4m3CAq74ra5HILraMQwwR4aAhetF0sF-bmXIJKtq2RT0Ke66gqWv4Q/s1600/Edie%2527s+inst+detail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5ZXjTDkx25DO1DEx1P4uQBHz9aghiba6ws4v7G349FMDQtlorfh-biQEQl0r0XCg_pu3dib6xRtbOkzapYWRo4m3CAq74ra5HILraMQwwR4aAhetF0sF-bmXIJKtq2RT0Ke66gqWv4Q/s400/Edie%2527s+inst+detail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595496315888914754" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivr1WiT_2AfriqEiUSIOuOipTFrs0JazBYDUrHEqSyTQTzOiQogM6r9EbPoEWpQUGydcokNYDLhqR70YPcSCehZrn6kYAzdGPaXMb7TXb8wCBxelTvuIZwH5_5kGle97S5eLOnD4ccnEw/s1600/Edie+and+work+photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivr1WiT_2AfriqEiUSIOuOipTFrs0JazBYDUrHEqSyTQTzOiQogM6r9EbPoEWpQUGydcokNYDLhqR70YPcSCehZrn6kYAzdGPaXMb7TXb8wCBxelTvuIZwH5_5kGle97S5eLOnD4ccnEw/s400/Edie+and+work+photo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599545800309154930" /></a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-75025617376269051272011-04-13T06:30:00.002-07:002011-05-10T11:21:53.910-07:00Gay Kemmis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpp5NULE8kpeG2Cp-QyNXARW8VRRQaxvKtVRLYmgLDhHVO3rzsZiq32sZr67POiQn5oDQfeORo0TTPL5n-tdhoYrnlexdkKcKjiV7EznT0RbY7gEdvBqv_VBGuxr9B7XLBsFdlThT7PBM/s1600/Gay+redo+all.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600661849788936450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpp5NULE8kpeG2Cp-QyNXARW8VRRQaxvKtVRLYmgLDhHVO3rzsZiq32sZr67POiQn5oDQfeORo0TTPL5n-tdhoYrnlexdkKcKjiV7EznT0RbY7gEdvBqv_VBGuxr9B7XLBsFdlThT7PBM/s400/Gay+redo+all.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 269px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<strong>Intersections</strong><br />
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A line intersects with another, forming a shape that didn’t exist before. A smooth surface is damaged, revealing a new texture. These encounters, whether random or deliberate, are profoundly transformative. That point of intersection, the place where new complexity is created when objects, forces, and ideas collide, continually fascinates me and is the dominant theme in my work.<br />
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The foundation of all my pieces is rayon cloth dyed with fiber-reactive dye. This choice creates the first transformative intersection as dye molecules bond directly to the fibers, permanently altering the cloth. I like the dual nature of rayon, durable enough to withstand multiple punishing surface design processes, yet supple enough to capture and reflect back luminous gradations of color. Removing rayon’s inherent fluid state by mounting it to a rigid backing and cutting into the surface allows me to explore, and perhaps expand, the perceived limitations of a two-dimensional picture plane.<br />
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I see shadows of empty-leafed branches against the snow and come to understand an ephemeral third dimension can be implied. I notice a hole in the pavement filled with pebbles and leaves and imagine the natural tendency to fill a void is probably instinctual. I see the chaotic order of an abandoned bird nest and wonder if the simple intersection of one line with another can ever convey the complex reality that the original lines are no more. These are the daily observations that I expect will inspire a lifetime of work.<br />
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<strong>Biography</strong><br />
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Gay Kemmis was first exposed to surface design during an introductory fabric-dyeing course, after which she went on to complete Jane Dunnewold’s intensive Complex Cloth workshop as part of the University of Minnesota’s Split Rock Summer Arts Program. Furthering her studies in surface design, she recently completed a two year Art Cloth Mastery Program in San Antonio, Texas. Her work can currently be seen in the Twelve Voices from One Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas. <br />
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<a href="mailto:tygerbryte@hotmail.com">tygerbryte@hotmail.com</a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-80410198335391484352011-04-13T06:30:00.001-07:002011-04-28T08:48:49.046-07:00Gay Kemmis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UEG6shj18uLx0kYp57WU3LR7fg3tH40DTT3JfjmYXWZxAVC4l649wp08EWidau8J8eswBytsNFsppuucosbpU2wF7afowUgaAgsZCAXTsUf6_2dwIhg4IecB3WgrG5V7OftxFxRomGQ/s1600/Gay+Kemmis-All+Three.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UEG6shj18uLx0kYp57WU3LR7fg3tH40DTT3JfjmYXWZxAVC4l649wp08EWidau8J8eswBytsNFsppuucosbpU2wF7afowUgaAgsZCAXTsUf6_2dwIhg4IecB3WgrG5V7OftxFxRomGQ/s400/Gay+Kemmis-All+Three.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599521545663499826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX6jwmgSmvue_5WUc6Y_RbCSee8eTjRinN3gVtfaXyhUAutr8gKqpeFwoSEQkosqH93FXe9koW583xE46ygUG2avsVl84H6OcPg31ZO4DlpY5UU_Rfl6hKW65xmgwJC6CcnZtaLmAvkQ/s1600/Gay%2527s+work+3+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWPkBe0VqidXmQXFtV09WBBk8OfzDK_l3R384W4cLOcQszrClSckdO5-qEoOTp3O7M4JM-7Dyw0ZfzWvRSaVljg0iXNcKzqXjuNEq_TWQXACeY-EHpeC5vHqH-muKvWvFd64MB9pEi8E/s400/Gay.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599547797677569922" /></a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-8688436234005244492011-04-13T06:28:00.002-07:002011-05-10T11:20:45.653-07:00Lisa Kerpoe<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDEfcqeC5FJKkiQS6wxbhi_IcXxm6PCAZ7nev0hEUiPdz46PysY3uEVAsTMlvsefZgD2UJxjYDYV06MQMmpKqh3tUn6cuzAsIw9JvzKFFqxTyxK3_9vQbpNiqLOYH1tajqJ9k9iJyXdY/s1600/Lisa%2527s+work.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595494351080394786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDEfcqeC5FJKkiQS6wxbhi_IcXxm6PCAZ7nev0hEUiPdz46PysY3uEVAsTMlvsefZgD2UJxjYDYV06MQMmpKqh3tUn6cuzAsIw9JvzKFFqxTyxK3_9vQbpNiqLOYH1tajqJ9k9iJyXdY/s400/Lisa%2527s+work.jpg" style="cursor: hand; 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<strong>The Best Season</strong><br />
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This series is inspired by a poem by Wu-Men, a Zen master.<br />
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Ten thousand flowers in spring,<br />
The moon in autumn,<br />
A cool breeze in summer,<br />
Snow in winter.<br />
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When your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,<br />
This is the best season of your life.<br />
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My intention is not only to represent the literal meaning of the words, but also the feelings of peace and contentment that result from living in the present moment. This series is also informed by the importance of meditation and reflection in my life. The process by which I create also emphasizes quiet reflection and connection to the wisdom within. Prior to creating a piece, I meditate on what I am trying to achieve. At the beginning of each work session, I focus on my intention. Then as I work, I remain open to intuition and the flow of creativity during the process. Working in this manner gives me a strong sense of joy and inner peace. It is my intent to inspire that feeling in those who view my work.<br />
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<strong>Biography</strong><br />
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Lisa Kerpoe is an award-winning artist and facilitator. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Her latest series focuses on the feelings of peace and contentment that result from living in the present moment and the importance of meditation and reflection in her life. Her intention is to inspire those feelings in those who view her work. Kerpoe produced two instructional DVDs in 2010 - Vibrant Color (with Jane Dunnewold) and Irresistible Texture. She has also written a book on water-based resists to be released by C&T Publishing. (Spring 2012). Kerpoe is an adjunct faculty member at the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio, Texas, and teaches textile and surface design workshops across the United States. Kerpoe was juried into the ArtCloth Network in 2008 and is a member of the Fiber Artists of San Antonio. <br />
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<a href="mailto:lisa@lisakerpoe.com">lisa@lisakerpoe.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lisakerpoe.com/">http://www.lisakerpoe.com/</a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-83584970216004767172011-04-13T06:28:00.001-07:002011-05-02T06:35:55.356-07:00Lisa Kerpoe<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WlFxXupuRHMHeiPJcMhw0f0jYRcX4lUedrs642-HQswJBrmAMOetEp5Pd4LF2mud4Ao9epHy-O5OntVg2qwx3OMTILy9qg4XEfrygH0dvd55rl-KEzmzFZYepiUytcaH3DQTQmuBVgg/s1600/Kerpoeflowersblog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 205px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WlFxXupuRHMHeiPJcMhw0f0jYRcX4lUedrs642-HQswJBrmAMOetEp5Pd4LF2mud4Ao9epHy-O5OntVg2qwx3OMTILy9qg4XEfrygH0dvd55rl-KEzmzFZYepiUytcaH3DQTQmuBVgg/s400/Kerpoeflowersblog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602112047546508338" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDJE3AEQJ8rQ4CCX_MbExSj6nmPFLIkokVX0fEdQzNW53eQw2Wp5ySHFBL2x1xbyfZVot1I8CnNbBXbNK4atMxNhHg5CBFc40VpD-BUv66JbkTek1p_kJOwExNxn2SeaOCX7lXi9yce0/s1600/Kerpoeflowersdtblog.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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<strong>Grids</strong><br />
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I am fascinated by the endless opportunities to explore the convergence of color on the grid of cloth.<br />
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I love working with linen as the weave is very reminiscent of the grid and offers a satisfying visual and actual texture.<br />
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I begin each piece with a single layer of color applied with fabric dye to manipulated linen. Then the cloth tells me what happens next. What color works? Is there to be another grid? What kind of grid? A folded one, created with discharged lines, or one that is painted.<br />
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Then the painted color is added. And again the cloth directs the process. I spend many hours deciding what color choice is best for the cloth. I use color wheels that I have carefully painted in various color combinations based on color theory to reach a final decision.<br />
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My images are elements I have designed related to the grid, and then generated as silk screens, thermofax screens or temporary stencils. I use these tools to print the paint, transferring my imagery onto the cloth.<br />
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<strong>Biography</strong><br />
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Textiles have played a prominent role in Catherine Kirsch’s sense of identity from childhood into adolescence and young adulthood. Sewing, weaving and quilting are doorways into relationships and work. In 2001, this culminated in a solo art quilt exhibit in Worcester, Massachusetts. In February 2011, Kirsch exhibited recent art cloth pieces in the Surface Design Association show opening in New Bedford, Massachusetts. When she is not in her studio, Kirsch is a clinical social worker in private practice in Worcester, Massachusetts specializing in marriage therapy. <br />
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<a href="mailto:chk1@charter.net">chk1@charter.net</a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-41350483296273219412011-04-13T06:26:00.002-07:002011-04-28T08:32:24.639-07:00Catherine Kirsch<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjP-vl4U71q2ztUJQWOM7rhGTTXMmwHY-i7tuQNymVuMZ_pzLJmwzAZpTN2aHteK2RIdGOu-r6yBFSJbD07LAJ-mxqsO4VfLaTjNi7YsQsrJGbmm7SDiS-f5PbD4iYGcPt582GS7xang/s1600/Catherine+2+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjP-vl4U71q2ztUJQWOM7rhGTTXMmwHY-i7tuQNymVuMZ_pzLJmwzAZpTN2aHteK2RIdGOu-r6yBFSJbD07LAJ-mxqsO4VfLaTjNi7YsQsrJGbmm7SDiS-f5PbD4iYGcPt582GS7xang/s400/Catherine+2+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595500191090014658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQOdu4-SOq_og2E_tCv1fSr6IjXDQoCtFVQJ_NT_Mf2qrhckO6j0Hogtn40v-G3d3jWvZJwEdWT0TzZ3XAy9Np5gw6phJZzpFCeNpwqjMg7u0-mR1hfubCeH_6F5CKBl5cHemKlogiag/s1600/Catherine+1+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQOdu4-SOq_og2E_tCv1fSr6IjXDQoCtFVQJ_NT_Mf2qrhckO6j0Hogtn40v-G3d3jWvZJwEdWT0TzZ3XAy9Np5gw6phJZzpFCeNpwqjMg7u0-mR1hfubCeH_6F5CKBl5cHemKlogiag/s400/Catherine+1+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595500064265561154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdMpLioQ94xjnku1eLEJksMT_rC_IW2mSxg0mlOWr36cRuktsrz_avgnDZA_O3uLT8Pz7b6V2uJPjkQ60WlCDYFVOEthwFZeQJIlJ2CWqQ40mOGQldOIUfud6AlL5AZbg1rz3SSUU9Rc/s1600/Catherine+3+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdMpLioQ94xjnku1eLEJksMT_rC_IW2mSxg0mlOWr36cRuktsrz_avgnDZA_O3uLT8Pz7b6V2uJPjkQ60WlCDYFVOEthwFZeQJIlJ2CWqQ40mOGQldOIUfud6AlL5AZbg1rz3SSUU9Rc/s400/Catherine+3+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595499994461035794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeFwcIQhJd5Yy1sSmaNCXB4huUZq-Z8IElAFscp0TR4G0JWJsSIica1loe34W_CtBWszd8zkh7sMd2pp_-rssYECT6ishCCd4qr-ZQE0IYA1LbVAbO67uIOYR2INt-rjPAm5NRatF0ak/s1600/Catherine+detail+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeFwcIQhJd5Yy1sSmaNCXB4huUZq-Z8IElAFscp0TR4G0JWJsSIica1loe34W_CtBWszd8zkh7sMd2pp_-rssYECT6ishCCd4qr-ZQE0IYA1LbVAbO67uIOYR2INt-rjPAm5NRatF0ak/s400/Catherine+detail+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595499920535992034" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7C56iFpNuY0ORpM4GZAM9n1ayb0stjwq9jTPwdDWahfQYy7J7VM4oxr-tVhakinb9Ez1Xd27rO_C09dZo0xP70_FsirLG4l0JyWsXipnGGCe9ZPW1Fsxw2AyduFXe3xWj4kPIXaNn1M/s1600/Catherine+with+work.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7C56iFpNuY0ORpM4GZAM9n1ayb0stjwq9jTPwdDWahfQYy7J7VM4oxr-tVhakinb9Ez1Xd27rO_C09dZo0xP70_FsirLG4l0JyWsXipnGGCe9ZPW1Fsxw2AyduFXe3xWj4kPIXaNn1M/s400/Catherine+with+work.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599552118303214610" /></a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-24444383583262737912011-04-13T06:26:00.001-07:002011-05-10T11:21:18.281-07:00Joy Lavrencik<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACxt9GEfa6j7k9xTo4lG0sY8Kj_URcSPH8lIt_jskCxg5QXT8Lfki4McCyWf6182dKwxAgzt-O-10ekNxP8VF3tVgTa09HTLNdoGxnPV9GF_ILzOZ9ohU4vnPuFO4T_OFsYyso4702mU/s1600/joy+continuum+I.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599523890578577442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACxt9GEfa6j7k9xTo4lG0sY8Kj_URcSPH8lIt_jskCxg5QXT8Lfki4McCyWf6182dKwxAgzt-O-10ekNxP8VF3tVgTa09HTLNdoGxnPV9GF_ILzOZ9ohU4vnPuFO4T_OFsYyso4702mU/s400/joy+continuum+I.bmp" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 348px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<strong>Continuum I</strong><br />
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I have been fascinated by movement since I started dancing as a child. The body is a continuum of movement and music my inspiration. It is my passion to bring this same sense of rhythm and movement to my mixed media art.<br />
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I discovered that large gestural patterning, applied with commercial and handcrafted brooms, is the instrument that brings this to life in my work. I am transferring the elements of dance, the flow of the body, and a stream of music into the layers on the cloth.<br />
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I delight in co-mingling gestures of the human body and strong visual imagery with soft sensual cloth. Whether it is the music I am listening to or the sweep of a dancers arm, the layers on the cloth are the record of that moment in time.<br />
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<strong>Biography</strong><br />
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Joy Lavrencik has always had a strong connection to music and movement. Her years of dance and music lessons solidified this passion. Since discovering fiber in the late 1990’s, Lavrencik’s goal has been to bring this sense of rhythm and movement to her mixed media artwork, employing surface design techniques and collage. She currently works in her home studio in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Lavrencik’s art work is available through the TLD Design Center and Gallery in Westmont, Illinois, and is exhibited in juried shows across the United State. <br />
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<a href="mailto:joylavrencik@comcast.net">joylavrencik@comcast.net</a><br />
<a href="http://www.joylavrencik.com/">http://www.joylavrencik.com/</a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-45552569928514860922011-04-13T06:25:00.000-07:002011-04-28T08:46:26.797-07:00Joy Lavrencik<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoE9zShrtGnQgvJsxkGrSNoLjQ2v-wncjyp93wGjsxMbxVLz9r7l5jyIWfnk1PS5C8AGqAoboL-iPfSGmAcwUAROCCnmZs-vS2yWuSxZ-QI_-8PVZTOsbrcOWM62Gz_0K6ZV0Czxc0go/s1600/joy+continuum+II.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoE9zShrtGnQgvJsxkGrSNoLjQ2v-wncjyp93wGjsxMbxVLz9r7l5jyIWfnk1PS5C8AGqAoboL-iPfSGmAcwUAROCCnmZs-vS2yWuSxZ-QI_-8PVZTOsbrcOWM62Gz_0K6ZV0Czxc0go/s400/joy+continuum+II.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599525822275715490" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99zzfP6bkBUKWCsQGEqWHlX2Tm9Vg32op-jjXCg3cJI8erOZ1juoWaTISQfdxmqix5UTiQZJxu_VqMuu0W8WEhE2321ZAQufWQYANlPsElnKCoUQvl9C8TbUOu75KbDZV4BpLdZtjWI4/s1600/joy+continuum+III.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 357px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99zzfP6bkBUKWCsQGEqWHlX2Tm9Vg32op-jjXCg3cJI8erOZ1juoWaTISQfdxmqix5UTiQZJxu_VqMuu0W8WEhE2321ZAQufWQYANlPsElnKCoUQvl9C8TbUOu75KbDZV4BpLdZtjWI4/s400/joy+continuum+III.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599525696785435858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKjbSt3qWItI8MB5Es3Zrgj4EZRjGK_Mgsx98GiqmFSFey9wTX8axXdrSNCYHxpgp1pZBIO4jiOYvA76F2LzyGLKNEsQSzgw1X98N9O8fn5eNnbYQ0J3K1Ic8kseCd5sXSCIOSpSGSfA/s1600/joy+continuuum+IV+cropped.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 378px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKjbSt3qWItI8MB5Es3Zrgj4EZRjGK_Mgsx98GiqmFSFey9wTX8axXdrSNCYHxpgp1pZBIO4jiOYvA76F2LzyGLKNEsQSzgw1X98N9O8fn5eNnbYQ0J3K1Ic8kseCd5sXSCIOSpSGSfA/s400/joy+continuuum+IV+cropped.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599525580777391842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAt-wkB98Ckuk3w8csrD1Ld5w0HSARd981_IF6A4MK51FCyziCRakyD7jxIYX9A4OJcAnBBH8y6n52M7gLHc6hy22GwU_ICeU1hg-E5iMNhRTDyv5dxq-Rs9hxWVpJKG7SG5UnXsm4oU/s1600/Joy%2527s+work+3+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAt-wkB98Ckuk3w8csrD1Ld5w0HSARd981_IF6A4MK51FCyziCRakyD7jxIYX9A4OJcAnBBH8y6n52M7gLHc6hy22GwU_ICeU1hg-E5iMNhRTDyv5dxq-Rs9hxWVpJKG7SG5UnXsm4oU/s400/Joy%2527s+work+3+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599525464290644418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfih39bE_YVhRtVBji4C388F8lpt80kCLL5XfkNWPRpzkZxnE7P86kUmdpM0-9D3xuEsdkjMnyu_K_wAM1QyKUIMLM4v5qFAiMDEBgZdy4Kd1czxnVGZVykkjX-OejTJ7jyOlRGRyKOc/s1600/joy+at+the+gallery.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfih39bE_YVhRtVBji4C388F8lpt80kCLL5XfkNWPRpzkZxnE7P86kUmdpM0-9D3xuEsdkjMnyu_K_wAM1QyKUIMLM4v5qFAiMDEBgZdy4Kd1czxnVGZVykkjX-OejTJ7jyOlRGRyKOc/s400/joy+at+the+gallery.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599548727560274466" /></a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-91952114244416644432011-04-13T06:24:00.004-07:002011-05-10T11:22:47.012-07:00Lynn Luukinen<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8PBIs12xIzm6txBrPOJzeJTLoxDwunNrOmDDSLxdIo0vKThaWqT5og84tid6E5_jIQF06jWbXUAUwSYPN-pLgg59dNzGPBGI8VzAYFrMSppvUiQK6rn3EWHaLruLxQKsJLs6VR8b4X8/s1600/Lynn%2527s+Bamboo.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595450220923559074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8PBIs12xIzm6txBrPOJzeJTLoxDwunNrOmDDSLxdIo0vKThaWqT5og84tid6E5_jIQF06jWbXUAUwSYPN-pLgg59dNzGPBGI8VzAYFrMSppvUiQK6rn3EWHaLruLxQKsJLs6VR8b4X8/s320/Lynn%2527s+Bamboo.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 184px;" /></a><br />
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<strong>The Guardians</strong><br />
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In this moment, I create art cloth to explore, experiment and problem-solve in order to produce a result. It energizes me, provides me with a sense of pride and brings fresh delight into my life--and yes, frustration as well -- as I study, learn, struggle, and eventually feel a hint of success. I hope to use the acquired techniques and eventual competency of the tools to connect with other people on an individual as well as a community basis as the mysteries of my creative inner world surface and transform.<br />
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I began working with silk because I love the feel of the cloth, the strength found within the apparent fragility of the fiber and the way it thirsts for and absorbs color. At this point in my development as a fiber artist, there is not one technique or process that I would call ‘mine’. I have not found my voice. However, I have found a word that inspires and guides me. The word is ‘path’.<br />
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The word ‘path’ can evoke images that are literal (as in stepping stones), directional (path of a hurricane) or course of action (path to higher education). Currently, I am drawing upon my experiences from a trip to Kyoto, Japan and the visual and emotional connection I had to the gardens, bamboo forests and the Japanese sense of balance between ease and tension with a sprinkle of the unexpected. I am inspired to create art cloth that has the characteristics of a literal path through a Japanese garden....light that reverberates, layers of color and texture and different visual experiences dependent upon whether viewed coming or going.<br />
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As I moved forward I hope to hold onto the “beginners mind” as I add richness (authenticity) and depth (truth) to my art both as a visual and emotional expression. “The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” This is my path and this is my first step. <br />
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<strong>Biography</strong><br />
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Lynn Luukinen began her fiber art studies in 2005. Since then, she has enrolled in a variety of fiber classes/workshops/textile tours in a myriad of disciplines to broaden her skills and appreciation for surface design. She is primarily interested in fiber art techniques that incorporate silk, wool and wood fiber with wax, dye, and discharge agents. Lynn is the Secretary of the Surface Design Association Board of Directors and is also a member of several professional affiliations. During the spring of 2010, Luukinen left her long-time residence in the Seattle area for Kerrville, Texas where she now resides.<br />
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<a href="mailto:luukinen@bainbridge.net">luukinen@bainbridge.net</a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-35426569874004472822011-04-13T06:24:00.003-07:002011-04-28T08:49:32.198-07:00Lynn Luukinen<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfZQcfJ2Eg0WI_RyB1SM9lnhDDmkeWMicM1koREs50j63f-wmx5LIX9-GsLe_S4uZ3c924zrDT9qABrTblP9XzjVIKhGx_meZMUXmEBrgClKRRMKvHmJMHsZUJgd5Yj3jPI0373A-n40/s1600/Lynn%2527s+bamboo+detail+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfZQcfJ2Eg0WI_RyB1SM9lnhDDmkeWMicM1koREs50j63f-wmx5LIX9-GsLe_S4uZ3c924zrDT9qABrTblP9XzjVIKhGx_meZMUXmEBrgClKRRMKvHmJMHsZUJgd5Yj3jPI0373A-n40/s400/Lynn%2527s+bamboo+detail+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599551875261219714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6A4dvCRRU4sYalGO_UmbCSf77Ge-06v0CvV52FSAc-XzcqYH0cnGrz0fBu-lpwfIwQqNsDF2_llzUeBGCLFOBCvXe3k3GfBb6fzzr0O5sXkEiIUhZvrhcdK7MUJNSHF1jb7ixpcMzj4/s1600/Lynn%2527s+bamboo+detail+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6A4dvCRRU4sYalGO_UmbCSf77Ge-06v0CvV52FSAc-XzcqYH0cnGrz0fBu-lpwfIwQqNsDF2_llzUeBGCLFOBCvXe3k3GfBb6fzzr0O5sXkEiIUhZvrhcdK7MUJNSHF1jb7ixpcMzj4/s400/Lynn%2527s+bamboo+detail+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599551311196641554" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIwpmAQbq7jvE7tiDNXlw2f5dVhyphenhyphenAv486UtT9BXYkBcU57ICWGExyndidfYzTtn2NxgnR9t4GsJm5bnwLcANx5Itam5NIoWRV9KM2zyKAnhT3JGPj3ek3neAapGKIfjHO8xW77qCXBLI/s1600/Lynn%2527s+Bamboo+detail+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIwpmAQbq7jvE7tiDNXlw2f5dVhyphenhyphenAv486UtT9BXYkBcU57ICWGExyndidfYzTtn2NxgnR9t4GsJm5bnwLcANx5Itam5NIoWRV9KM2zyKAnhT3JGPj3ek3neAapGKIfjHO8xW77qCXBLI/s400/Lynn%2527s+Bamboo+detail+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595505761375333954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmC1xDrray5Ww3Xck0A86MMg6fo5MLjUSUhmnNNs9C8D_76-UvrQEgT7w1r78Rb6frjQ8scvNOJjxwQgBJjtta_huDys1kQwMdMWVzwsXzgHQLOHV81_8daLZseBe0BZpTDWYbv_AmrM/s1600/Lynn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmC1xDrray5Ww3Xck0A86MMg6fo5MLjUSUhmnNNs9C8D_76-UvrQEgT7w1r78Rb6frjQ8scvNOJjxwQgBJjtta_huDys1kQwMdMWVzwsXzgHQLOHV81_8daLZseBe0BZpTDWYbv_AmrM/s400/Lynn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599526475609400658" /></a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-87931053495596745372011-04-13T06:24:00.001-07:002011-05-19T08:43:03.337-07:00Liz Napier<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlY6OOpQFELriT2pmfesmehiQOaPO4jIPb-B-C_-nCUSQNLNP9dPBeJfD2JJEEh6vBApMBBnBvFjp6JI3cDlZ4_UDiGB8VPNCgKwxOJGi2nK4hJPxAhYbkpBiICeXm5qYeOr2mE-cpwy8/s1600/Liz%2527s+Thistles+640.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595506365096918626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlY6OOpQFELriT2pmfesmehiQOaPO4jIPb-B-C_-nCUSQNLNP9dPBeJfD2JJEEh6vBApMBBnBvFjp6JI3cDlZ4_UDiGB8VPNCgKwxOJGi2nK4hJPxAhYbkpBiICeXm5qYeOr2mE-cpwy8/s400/Liz%2527s+Thistles+640.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 390px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<strong>Sassy Thistles</strong><br />
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My pilgrimage in the art world centers on the spiritual and physical dualities of nature, growth, connections, and journeys. Parallels in my personal life have transformed this destiny. Every twist and turn of the path creates a new avenue of discovery and artistic vision with commitment and mindfulness to art. This quest and curiosity to delve deeper has informed my identity.<br />
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As a tonal colorist I explore the layered richness of dyes, the multi-textural aspects of papers and fabrics, the wide ranging dimensions of printmaking and my emotional response when creating. Various fabrics and papers transition through multiples processes with dyes, over-dyes, print techniques and the introduction of photography and digital elements. Each step proceeds from an intuitive emotional approach based on years of self-directed study whereby colors became the catalyst. Hard, soft, and blurred edges combine to form layers of color using dyes, paints and inks. The response to color creates the freedom for tones, shades, values and hues to develop. Surfaces are completed with hand and/or machine stitching. Every process builds on the previous process and manifests a new creative vision.<br />
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In traveling the full circle from beginning sketches and ideas to completed art there is a deepened connection with new spirituality and consciousness. <br />
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<strong>Biography</strong><br />
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Liz Napier’s art journey initiated when she undertook postgraduate art classes at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas in the 1980’s. She shaped this foundation with study from masters in the areas of color, design, fiber, and through printmaking classes and workshops. Areas of intense study for the last 30 years include color, design, surface embroidery, fiber dyes, numerous print techniques and, recently, the use of photography and digital elements. Napier’s work is included in private collections and public commissions in both Texas and New Mexico. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Gregg Museum of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Napier’s art is available at the Dragonfly Gallery at Rosedale, Austin, TX and the Fredericksburg Art Guild, Fredericksburg, Texas.<br />
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<a href="http://www.liznapier.com/">http://www.liznapier.com/</a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-12694821212464787892011-04-13T06:23:00.002-07:002011-04-28T08:52:45.686-07:00Liz Napier<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEnttyYmlh9kLENW7MMlBsiA4OWRYJIIcDvonDJbBipvfAt1BHtjn5MUojKQlHW6jjUTzqnK74uFCATxHcd89zMtkCsKxYiyxQ4hyPCDUm7K2hbfr0ySZZApJ6GJa-5s3IoL_HpbI58fo/s1600/Liz%2527s+Thistles+detail+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEnttyYmlh9kLENW7MMlBsiA4OWRYJIIcDvonDJbBipvfAt1BHtjn5MUojKQlHW6jjUTzqnK74uFCATxHcd89zMtkCsKxYiyxQ4hyPCDUm7K2hbfr0ySZZApJ6GJa-5s3IoL_HpbI58fo/s400/Liz%2527s+Thistles+detail+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595526223299133874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNCcBrfcCRmSNh4LO5RytHRtC3vgTlzDCb5T0pf99JGWMKx-D4vmj9LTgftEIqLv5l4ithjOiKfymGtClZctq5Zk-4zGNFKFf3Yhn517tcfo4EMsgbP3makmfKc9Ad9Cb3GFrRigXV_4/s1600/Liz%2527s+paitng+by+lynn+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNCcBrfcCRmSNh4LO5RytHRtC3vgTlzDCb5T0pf99JGWMKx-D4vmj9LTgftEIqLv5l4ithjOiKfymGtClZctq5Zk-4zGNFKFf3Yhn517tcfo4EMsgbP3makmfKc9Ad9Cb3GFrRigXV_4/s400/Liz%2527s+paitng+by+lynn+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595526128954919074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqcUMsgqyre-xZCt3xKjUaxev8xX_R0CVyG8iStS6ccTfjQJ-oZ04fDqTBPqmGrH_W0BaP9jeNIlIDWYK1XW96yroGOtzoz5MU_G_JXSHBQed107ns4Q1Icd9cTyTOm4Jjz5UXkkf0tw/s1600/Liz+painting+detail+3+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 369px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqcUMsgqyre-xZCt3xKjUaxev8xX_R0CVyG8iStS6ccTfjQJ-oZ04fDqTBPqmGrH_W0BaP9jeNIlIDWYK1XW96yroGOtzoz5MU_G_JXSHBQed107ns4Q1Icd9cTyTOm4Jjz5UXkkf0tw/s400/Liz+painting+detail+3+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595525952323553666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOrWryJvN6meUPAB_oX_LuplL1KBfrHpxo9JT1ZPQ5SnLe2FqlHyuJIofL6Ncw565jsRmipHrgfR1yff-jLDK1dbnHXXX-A0XBEFInm_vpjPUcCyzqpQrll47Gk1Uk2nTrrXf1GHGpFw/s1600/Liz+painting+detail+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOrWryJvN6meUPAB_oX_LuplL1KBfrHpxo9JT1ZPQ5SnLe2FqlHyuJIofL6Ncw565jsRmipHrgfR1yff-jLDK1dbnHXXX-A0XBEFInm_vpjPUcCyzqpQrll47Gk1Uk2nTrrXf1GHGpFw/s400/Liz+painting+detail+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595525736562330050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25kht1Err02ZwVf77vjW-XH4i5vUOVrLWkeZqHfCU2lVyQgmnMns4-v6ABlvOoEvjGV16nhFPyCELWPOc-jooLpmt9oreeiPxbFxcDIOgBczdUcpMH_bl9S9DW0N81G-GEmHyvUcnkDg/s1600/Liz+and+work.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25kht1Err02ZwVf77vjW-XH4i5vUOVrLWkeZqHfCU2lVyQgmnMns4-v6ABlvOoEvjGV16nhFPyCELWPOc-jooLpmt9oreeiPxbFxcDIOgBczdUcpMH_bl9S9DW0N81G-GEmHyvUcnkDg/s400/Liz+and+work.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599548320726575810" /></a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-58759342013818864692011-04-13T06:23:00.001-07:002011-05-10T11:23:32.093-07:00Barbara Schneider<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpfpEbtgnNlaD1Nftko380-FbsSkiOtCH_HJwo4Zq_0r0oip47mttrUf_6ofI7K3Q03HIGKZEYIuhZTD0iItpQg7pF8WdqXAim8HFyLDyhyphenhyphenTVkoPSHQk3XgVEHfG9AJouz7kPyEe8DpI/s1600/Barbara+Birches+640.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595518962669378082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpfpEbtgnNlaD1Nftko380-FbsSkiOtCH_HJwo4Zq_0r0oip47mttrUf_6ofI7K3Q03HIGKZEYIuhZTD0iItpQg7pF8WdqXAim8HFyLDyhyphenhyphenTVkoPSHQk3XgVEHfG9AJouz7kPyEe8DpI/s400/Barbara+Birches+640.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 359px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<strong>Tree Line</strong><br />
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My on-going interest in the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi - finding beauty in things that are imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete, is at the core of all of my art work. I am interested in the translation of real to abstract imagery and in looking at pattern in the natural world. I try to capture the essence of images made of light, pattern and movement, images that are infinitely variable. I think about what the eye sees, what the camera sees, what the mind sees.<br />
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I collect leaves, pods, stems, bark, flowers and grasses and look closely at their structure and shape. Enlarging them helps me to see them as sculptural objects. Shaping my art cloth introduces a new element -- light and shadow interacting with the undulating surfaces.<br />
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Tree Line is an interpretation of the patterns of birch trees in the forest. It continues my exploration and interpretation of natural images by enlarging and reshaping them. Tree Line creates the feel of a forest but also explores the use of line and pattern in many ways--the vertical line of the seven panels, the short horizontal cracks and vertical irregular lines created by the wax, the red stitched outline, and the overall patterning and shape created by the background stitching.<br />
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Reflection on the relationship of these ideas to the Wabi-Sabi concept is what I do throughout my work process and it is what I hope viewers do as they look at the completed work. <br />
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<strong>Biography</strong><br />
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Barbara Schneider began quilting in 1996 and rediscovered the pleasure of working with cloth, paint, dye, and thread. Her background is in visual design and, for many years, she worked as a designer in the publishing industry. Schneider makes handmade paper and collects Japanese folk art. Her on-going interest in the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi, finding beauty in things that are imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete, is at the core of all of her art work. She likes to capture the essence of images made of light and movement, images that are infinitely variable. She asks questions about what the eye sees, what the camera sees, and what the mind sees. Her artwork is exhibited nationally and internationally and is in many collections.<br />
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<a href="http://www.barbaraschneider-artist.blogspot.com/">http://www.barbaraschneider-artist.blogspot.com/</a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-2542759002442932862011-04-13T06:22:00.002-07:002011-04-28T08:53:53.637-07:00Barbara Schneider<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-p38IU6Qs8Uh_F4WQsQIJetRHFsc0B7dTxHAMnu1izO55hpzyOkgY5Sn5qCVNPR02rAfRnOGd2TMps5I-pfO4xAg5gYGEp9Uma2CYm6sZPQPFoY4fxx8olPugq_0bT86Ur8N-gJL_Pps/s1600/Barbara+Birches+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-p38IU6Qs8Uh_F4WQsQIJetRHFsc0B7dTxHAMnu1izO55hpzyOkgY5Sn5qCVNPR02rAfRnOGd2TMps5I-pfO4xAg5gYGEp9Uma2CYm6sZPQPFoY4fxx8olPugq_0bT86Ur8N-gJL_Pps/s400/Barbara+Birches+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599558107328892610" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyl6oNW7M7ulXXj4mxAYshAhvKHWrLw5SboVG65bfle1ytdnsnq0E5vkO35mk2NV9BASl9UHdLACVPQZ2R84CmrpPn3P83lOCjlmvcAW_bDpotog2gXs_9QbeZuTZ5ObrbfA1N14WwPT0/s1600/Barbara+detail+birches.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyl6oNW7M7ulXXj4mxAYshAhvKHWrLw5SboVG65bfle1ytdnsnq0E5vkO35mk2NV9BASl9UHdLACVPQZ2R84CmrpPn3P83lOCjlmvcAW_bDpotog2gXs_9QbeZuTZ5ObrbfA1N14WwPT0/s400/Barbara+detail+birches.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599557401244045682" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGarx0921x0aeZC1tJQtev2X1LCu3Nd1e5QX0JpAXQ-5Mr7csjJguXtyMXeol3vncPmVM9cGq6k19HR6sDa21FjILQQsUSp26DqGiw2jrDEVTBK5d_HSf9KFzEdOr7W6T3lZDEdijAD8/s1600/Barbara+Birches+detail+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGarx0921x0aeZC1tJQtev2X1LCu3Nd1e5QX0JpAXQ-5Mr7csjJguXtyMXeol3vncPmVM9cGq6k19HR6sDa21FjILQQsUSp26DqGiw2jrDEVTBK5d_HSf9KFzEdOr7W6T3lZDEdijAD8/s400/Barbara+Birches+detail+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595519383605140498" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PccHC85D1tHBAMof3rCEhdjpAuQMLDKwuDqyJYw62NNDtTt2SQ_Tgsgw5n-TuIU6z3XZZ8wMcc5kJY_OpHa9X8IUifQ3YUQnEci3DxXm37l6nq6g3ysGnhidrKcJojnX9txQn35EMH8/s1600/Barbara+auto.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PccHC85D1tHBAMof3rCEhdjpAuQMLDKwuDqyJYw62NNDtTt2SQ_Tgsgw5n-TuIU6z3XZZ8wMcc5kJY_OpHa9X8IUifQ3YUQnEci3DxXm37l6nq6g3ysGnhidrKcJojnX9txQn35EMH8/s400/Barbara+auto.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599527454054289618" /></a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-37516268657381991342011-04-13T06:22:00.001-07:002011-05-10T11:20:03.459-07:00Jeanne Sisson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7oqRbjt18I8PkvQ7yDzlZTSRwHsCPLGL-3-EZs1jjS7PG_KjY0Th_S_38dq4V5KhlOU2ncz6D7fTniQViX9PtVREBjyoiSZwlh0tSSBidmnhdL2NKBfLk0yXT1Brt00ccROTJruTGQM/s1600/SISSON_My+Moment+in+Time_FULL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7oqRbjt18I8PkvQ7yDzlZTSRwHsCPLGL-3-EZs1jjS7PG_KjY0Th_S_38dq4V5KhlOU2ncz6D7fTniQViX9PtVREBjyoiSZwlh0tSSBidmnhdL2NKBfLk0yXT1Brt00ccROTJruTGQM/s400/SISSON_My+Moment+in+Time_FULL.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br />
<strong>My Moment in Time</strong><br />
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My art is my passion. The ability to use my imagination to develop a thought that invokes an image that I can share - without words - feels like a magical gift for which I am truly grateful.<br />
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There is a profound depth of beauty, vulnerability, and sensuality in the female silhouette that speaks to me. I try to reinforce the connection that I feel emanates from the female figure by creating a world in which that “symbol” tells a tale, triggers a memory or evokes an emotion. My hope is that anyone who views my work will be reminded of his or her own myth, memory, story, dream, or current reality.<br />
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I begin a piece by choosing a drawing from my artist journals that I feel a deep connection to. Often a drawing will speak to me with a certain idea or impression that I feel compelled to explore. From there I start to create a story or choose a myth or goddess that I feel depicts the figure I have chosen to work with. So begins my artistic love affair.... the process of planning the work; choosing the subject matter, creating a story, experimenting with colors and textures to support the imagery, and then orchestrating it all into a successful composition that speaks to others on many levels.<br />
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I am looking forward to continuing to explore the connections I have created between dreams, myth and story through imagery of the female form. I am especially excited about my latest artwork because I feel it has opened a door to my learning more about myself, as I am deeply connected to this work. As I am creating worlds for my artistic figures to live in, I am becoming more deeply connected to understanding (and embracing) myself. <br />
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<strong>Biography</strong><br />
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Full-time artist, Jeanne Sisson, works in a home studio on a mountain with a sixty-mile western view of the Berkshire Mountains. Sisson’s paintings focus on incorporating textile dyeing, painting and printmaking techniques to capture the excitement of dynamic light and vibrant color on art cloth. She searches for inspiration through drawing from the model, an intimate connection to nature and gardening, and by recording her dreams. She unleashes her imaginative power equally whether placing a sensual nude into a dream-like serene environment or animating trees into whimsical dancing female forms. Sisson teaches textile and surface design workshops in western MA. She exhibits regularly at the Green Trees Gallery, in Northfield, and in various juried competitions nationally. She welcomes inquiries into her work and her home gallery is open by appointment. <br />
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<a href="http://www.jeannesisson.com/">http://www.jeannesisson.com/</a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-72139934570640235752011-04-13T06:21:00.004-07:002011-05-02T06:43:58.347-07:00Jeanne Sisson<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquPZghIV9TXOlUlc286f8BPlN4fAA16TKZ-tuVrYefyzHZOmi5FBjVu9S3IBq8LhfGR3fzJdO2u4vASw_7lkq6a_FI8t8CvTDfGcnXnNwX9-uEn_7Nwqvj5HcrHgks-jEg3zNTUbJf2Q/s1600/Jeanne+Bast_FULL+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquPZghIV9TXOlUlc286f8BPlN4fAA16TKZ-tuVrYefyzHZOmi5FBjVu9S3IBq8LhfGR3fzJdO2u4vASw_7lkq6a_FI8t8CvTDfGcnXnNwX9-uEn_7Nwqvj5HcrHgks-jEg3zNTUbJf2Q/s400/Jeanne+Bast_FULL+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602114098632588450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZ2rAxtYTrvvCS9QSDezb7eapNwWTi54lt1U6Xgv13MSQcH-rIFsc5NjMkhj93unZYlKghd8qESFfYjpEIoq6LMUL8DEtiL-XKuWEd_srxnxBQ7RjeSksVYAz0Vq5Jkzz4iw5hR1at78/s1600/SISSON_Bast_DETAIL.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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<strong>War Art</strong><br />
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I make War Art to provoke thought and emotion; to raise consciousness; and to galvanize change. For many years of my life, I marched for peace. But that is not enough. The artist must also create “images” which reflect the horror and dark side of war.<br />
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It is the description of what war looks like by the French playwright, Jean Giradoux, in his play Tiger at the Gates: “war is like the bottom of a baboon....when the baboon is up in a tree, with its hind end facing us: scarlet, scaly, glazed, framed in a clotted filthy wig.” It is the picture of the Vietnamese girl running down a road, her skin shredding from napalm. It is a newspaper’s response to a reader who asked “...is it true that for every enemy soldier we kill in Vietnam, the United States kills six civilians?” . The newspaper replied “....no, this is not true. We only kill four civilians for every soldier we kill.” These are some of the images which will hopefully galvanize people to say “no more...no more killing...no more war.”<br />
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The processes and materials I use are designed to generate discomfort, sadness, disgust, and shock on the part of the viewer. I use images such as crosses with dead soldiers’ helmets perched on them, bodies torn apart, or burning buildings falling down. I use large overpowering images such as a dead soldier’s coffin, a menacing airplane, or an assault rifle. I intentionally use discordant colors. I use beautiful colors to create an awkward juxtaposition with a deadly weapon. <br />
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In making art about War, I am witnessing to my great respect for the soldiers who are sent off to fight. I do not respect the leaders who make the decisions to go to war -- the leaders who unthinkingly assume the conflict is between total good and total evil. The leaders, who through distortions and coercion, move the masses from believing a war is unnecessary to converts believing in a “just” war. The leaders who seek only more wealth and power. <br />
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<strong>Biography</strong><br />
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Priscilla Smith began her art career working in batik during the 1970’s. For the next twenty years, she put her fiber arts career on hold to pursue a career as a Corporate Lawyer. Smith has won several awards for her art quilts and, in 2010, sixteen of her art quilts were featured in a solo show on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In her conviction of the importance of raising consciousness about the impacts of war on human-kind, her recent work focuses on War Art. Her works have been featured in National Juried Exhibitions including One Passion, Many Voices in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Twelve Voices From One in San Antonio, Texas, and the Northeast Contemporary Fiber Exhibition in Rochester, New York, where she was awarded the Juror’s Choice Award. <br />
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<a href="http://www.priscillajsmith.com/">http://www.priscillajsmith.com/</a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-65792392621551088302011-04-13T06:21:00.001-07:002011-04-28T10:21:03.306-07:00Priscilla Smith<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoxsqqrS-u_DgzUjJRy3Oj05vl9HrgIdbSCwVOfBE0MJYC0u4-_bT_P1MUmIUGWW3v6rH8-lXvm0DYX0WBZZtOLZwDBPPUDqBuCKwJsEoCDy8SE1a9BD7NgfJhUnbmsH277Te5PGPUe0/s1600/Smith_Transmigration_of_souls_II_Full+640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoxsqqrS-u_DgzUjJRy3Oj05vl9HrgIdbSCwVOfBE0MJYC0u4-_bT_P1MUmIUGWW3v6rH8-lXvm0DYX0WBZZtOLZwDBPPUDqBuCKwJsEoCDy8SE1a9BD7NgfJhUnbmsH277Te5PGPUe0/s400/Smith_Transmigration_of_souls_II_Full+640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595510773606854210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EcKTOWtteSVCrFtbbjU60uS-HVTT4-ttnCclH5C7BVMZlBmh7MaMf1s4afB4Aw2wmiyxpGAEapI6ftd7FrFGd5zLuVOFPPuwBLvTqpMbwjnoK0iCNsVHyHFsqPdsY2-meVhyzQ5Qb_Q/s1600/head+shot+priscilla.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EcKTOWtteSVCrFtbbjU60uS-HVTT4-ttnCclH5C7BVMZlBmh7MaMf1s4afB4Aw2wmiyxpGAEapI6ftd7FrFGd5zLuVOFPPuwBLvTqpMbwjnoK0iCNsVHyHFsqPdsY2-meVhyzQ5Qb_Q/s320/head+shot+priscilla.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600685652088285730" /></a>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-72527553465490232352011-04-13T06:20:00.000-07:002011-05-17T08:06:09.902-07:00Jane Dunnewold: Program Instructor<span lang="EN"> Jane Dunnewold is the author of Complex Cloth (1996) Improvisational Screen Printing (2003), co-authored Finding Your Own Visual Language (2007). Interweave Press published Art Cloth: A Guide to Surface Design on Fabric in 2010. Dunnewold is the former chair of the Surface Design Studio at the Southwest School of Art. She teaches and lectures on art cloth internationally, including recent tours to Australia, Italy and the United Kingdom.<br />
Dunnewold exhibits widely and was awarded the Quilt Japan Prize in the 2002 Visions exhibition, and the Gold Prize, at the Taegue International Textile Exhibition.<br />
A former vice-president of the Surface Design Association, she maintains Art Cloth Studios, in San Antonio, Texas.<br />
Additional information on commissions and exhibition experience can be found at <a href="http://www.complexcloth.com/">http://www.complexcloth.com/</a>. <br />
Essays on the creative process and acts of making are offered regularly at <a href="http://www.existentialneighborhood.blogspot.com/">http://www.existentialneighborhood.blogspot.com/</a>.</span>Jeanne Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154539963987184081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894536997340769870.post-82726959599155633432011-04-12T08:45:00.000-07:002011-06-02T07:58:37.784-07:00Poetry Inspired by the Exhibiton<span lang="EN">These are poems that were written by a local poetry group who met at the Radius Gallery to respond to the art work through poetry. This is called ephractic poetry and the point is to add even more meaning to the visuals.<br />
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Our group was excited that the work evoked another form of art and is happy to include them here.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Twelve Voices from One</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Lois Heger</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Your art floats</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As my words want to do</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And color shading subtle as a feeling</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Peeks, grabs, takes my eye</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Asks where did I feel that before</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">That gentle green or brown</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How bold</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Silk so long falls soft</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And the pleasure of things I never would have thought of</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You dreamed for me</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And then, but it’s been there for a while</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Till all at once I feel it</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">My face floats into a smile</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Rhythmic Blues</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Lois Heger</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Rhythmic blues</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Skin tone browns</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Florescent pink of</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">space creatures that live in a drop of water</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bodies so beautiful they can</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">only dance on fabric that floats or stretches</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And hugs and kisses having fun with</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">reality just peeking around the corner</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And songs of war so sweetly sad</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So true and hard</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I must look away</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Having only taken in a small part</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">At a time</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">One tree’s puckered bark</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now many</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now a forest</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Swaying and rough and smooth</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Rhythmic blues</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Of Grids</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Lois Heger</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(on Grids: Soul Surrender by Catherine Kirsch)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Precision grids keeping people out</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Inviting a close second look as through the</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Pierced work into the women’s quarters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To the life behind that music and color hint at</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Throbbing behind colors that</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Obscure the quick, promiscuous, facile look</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But life behind the screen sees me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Soft Reveals Hard</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Lois Heger</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(on The Guardians by Lynn Luukinen)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How many ways can soft portray hard?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As many ways as color speaks for the heart</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As still can take you by the hand and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Run you through the forest</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Wind blows a forest and the canes knock wind chime- like</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I touch the tree with my eyes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Knowing it’s soft</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Rough hard brittle flex</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Music – Continuum 1</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Lou Taylor</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(on Continuum 1 by Joy Lavrencik)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Swirling in circles</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Repeating themes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Major and minor keys</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Always moving</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Not only seen but felt</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Beauty washing</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Over the body</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Changing molecular structure</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Changed forever</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By beauty</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">(Untitled)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Carla Pineda</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(A reflection on viewing Continuum 3 by Joy Lavrencik)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">My heart feeling</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">movement</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The dancing broom</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">swirling</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">over floor paper cloth</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Black swirls, curved energy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A deep dance</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">pushing</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">energy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">into a room</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">into me</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">My eye</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">drawing in</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a golden sphere of light</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">circling out</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I am</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">riding the broom</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">painting the cloth</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Middle Aged Souls</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Lois Heger</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(on Continuum 5 by Joy Lavrencik)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Silk falling</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The color of middle aged souls</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Calmed greens and oranges merging</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Into brown</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Air flutters it gently but old silk</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Returns to base point</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Not unbalanced for long</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Brief adjustment then</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Gently plumb</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Responding to WAR ART by Priscilla Smith</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Contradiction</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Pat Osoria</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cries,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Gut-wrenching cries.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Only a mother can calm them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Even the letters home to Mom</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">don’t outwardly express</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the horror, disgust and fear,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">but somehow do.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">White knitted fabric</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">that could have been pieces</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">of the soldiers’ baby blankets,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">now in the shape of AK-47 riffles.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Comfort with the opposites</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Terror</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Distress</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Torment</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">WAR IS HELL:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">ALL SHALL BE WELL</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Nancy Schweers</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I saw him again today.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He looked up; our eyes met.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He knows somehow, he knows.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The terror of his AK47,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the self-hatred of his potency,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the piercing fear of his son’s broken heart,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">this Trinity of terror is being healed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In his camouflage</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the glory shine,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the soft beauty,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the shadow of hope give his gait a wholeness.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When and how has it happened?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In his courageous <i>hesed</i>, steadfast love?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the generosity of the US Army, the Ronald McD House,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the goodness of his companions?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the focused, precise choreography of surgery</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">with the eons of dedication behind each move?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">God is good. Man is good.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">War is Hell. All shall be well.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Renewal</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Edna Kitchen</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(Inspired by Jeanne Sisson’s “Oshen”)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">At the end of a very long day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">After dinner is cooked,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dishes are washed</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Laundry folded and put away.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Homework finished,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Kids fed, bathed and put to bed</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I lay my well spent bones and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Close my eyes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Immediately I’m swallowed by slumber</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And I fall into deep sleep and dream</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I’m falling into clear blue water</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Giving in to the motion as</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">it carries me further to unknown depths</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Surrounded by stillness and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A Peace that only comes with surrender</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">My body growing lighter as I go deeper</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Until there is only weightlessness</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Where I am caught by the arms of God</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The gentle caresses of the water</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Wash over my soul</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Taking with it the exhaustion</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The doubts, the fears, the regrets</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I bask in the water’s golden warmth</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">While it feeds my spirit</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Filling me with love and patience</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I rest, for tomorrow I will need my strength</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To live my life all over again</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">My life as a woman.</span></div><strong><br />
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