Artist Statement:
The immediate inspiration
for this piece comes from the walls of a national memorial. It is also
influenced in its structure by the work of the Japanese artist,
Hiroshige, as well as by Georgia O'Keeffe's observation that a fragment
can be more expressive than the whole.
I've
chosen a slice of my world, the Midwest, where limestone and water are
basic elements. A common metal finish—rust—marks (or “paints”) the silk
in this piece. From this beginning I introduced the uncommon: silk, gold
and silver threads.
