From her solo show of quilts made for remembering and prints made from clothes that are too small or that are no longer needed from Spring and Summer 2017 at Artspace Community Art Center, Greenfield, MA, and Art Stop(s), Springfield, MA. “I use printmaking and craft methods to explore themes of memory, time, and identity. My inspiration comes from the rhythms of childcare, labor, and family life. I borrow imagery from the every day, using domestic objects and repetition to interrogate the familiar.”

Artist statement:

Since becoming a parent, the boundaries of my studio practice and my personal life have become permeable. To continue making work, I have to be flexible. I have to practice dropping one thing in order to quickly transition to something utterly different. Most of all, I must surrender to circumstance. Initially, my adoption of textiles was a pragmatic choice: I needed to move my practice home. I quickly found that the historical and material concerns of textile art support the central questions of my work.

I use printmaking and craft methods to explore themes of memory, time, and my dual identity as an Artist-Mother/Mother-Artist. Starting with blank yardage, I print and dye fabric that I cut and sew into vivid and densely patterned quilts, wall hangings, and installations. I experiment with the limits of representation, making work that incorporates found objects, drawing, and abstraction.

I am interested in pushing the expressive capacity of pattern by exploring how repetition and irregularity create space for emotional interpretations of color, texture, and form. My inspiration comes from the rhythms of childcare, labor, and family life. I borrow imagery from the familiar and everyday, teasing out the powerful associations and feelings they hold. By printing, flattening, cutting, reshaping, and recombining I remake my inner world with dye, ink, and thread.