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The work on this page was done while my children were very young.
While I raised my family I continued to work, but did not engage with the art world.
While I raised my family I continued to work, but did not engage with the art world.
Factor 11. 1994. acrylic on canvas. 60x96"
Paintings :1994-1997
Circles seldom appeared in my work before I became a mother.
Previously a vertical column or stripe was the most persistant form in my work,, as it symbolized the figure to me. If I used a horizonal line it represented the landscape. As a mother of small children I found that circles reminded me of my children's little round heads, and also suggested bubbles. balls, hula hoops, play, and movement, all part of childrearing. I explored circles first in collages , then in paintings, then in 3 dimensional works made from recycled toys and dollar store purchases.
Circles seldom appeared in my work before I became a mother.
Previously a vertical column or stripe was the most persistant form in my work,, as it symbolized the figure to me. If I used a horizonal line it represented the landscape. As a mother of small children I found that circles reminded me of my children's little round heads, and also suggested bubbles. balls, hula hoops, play, and movement, all part of childrearing. I explored circles first in collages , then in paintings, then in 3 dimensional works made from recycled toys and dollar store purchases.
Baby's comforter. 1992. 72x72". baby food jar tops, paint , wire hanging on a metal tube.
Just For Fun: mid nineties
The structures below were made from recycled toys woven into structures made of hula hoops, plastic mesh, and colored wire. Dollar stores had just begun opening in the early 90s, and a delightful array of inexpensive colored plastic objects augmented my collection of my kids' abandoned toys and yard sale finds.
The structures below were made from recycled toys woven into structures made of hula hoops, plastic mesh, and colored wire. Dollar stores had just begun opening in the early 90s, and a delightful array of inexpensive colored plastic objects augmented my collection of my kids' abandoned toys and yard sale finds.
1990s: The collages below were made from circles cut out of magazines while watching my young daughters at their activities.
I brought an exacto knife, piles of magazines , circle templates. and went through them, selecting and cutting patterns and colors I liked.
I then filed them by color, subject or pattern for later collage use in the paper paintings below.
The circles add color and texture, but are also little bubbles of content giving clues to my thoughts.
