Artist Statement: The quilts represent my initial transition into fabric arts, which I began in late 2017 as a resident artist at the Prairie Center of the Arts in Peoria. Key concepts of inquiry which I had uncovered during college, such as additive and subtractive color theory, along with the elusive notion of simultaneous contrast, fueled the fabric work into an exploration of abstract fine art quilting, a medium my grandmother had completely submerged herself in before her passing in 2015.
Using pre-cut squares of her unused fabric collection arranged in a grid, I wanted to reintroduce myself to machine sewing while honoring her memory and life-long passion, allowing something abstract and totally unexpected to emerge from the process. The results are these two quilts which vibrate with potential energy while suggesting vaguely discernible imagery. Celestial and natural forms slowly elucidate themselves from the mist of the subconscious. I believe these two pieces continue an unfinished story which seems to span beyond the parameters of my own perception.
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