Statement
I believe telling someone's story elevates it to importance by the act of focusing the audience's attention upon it. My work strives to tell stories of ordinary people as though they were icons of the dominant culture.
In my collage portraiture, I paint over photocopies of relatives and copyright-free vintage images, then layer elements to tell the stories I imagine for each subject. My materials include acrylics, fine art papers and ephemera, each element selected to advance the narrative.
In my assemblage work, I use repurposed cigar boxes as my substrates because I am fascinated by their history of being used to hold personal treasures and secrets. They are like small caves: sheltering, intimate, yet potentially claustrophobic without a source of light. I house the stories I tell within my caves with layers of textured paper, color and vintage imagery.
I see layers of memory and emotion within people like layers of an archaeological dig: compacted below the faces we know, supported and shaped by the strata of ancestors and experiences only half-remembered. But like ancient cities which survive into the modern era, fragments of these subsumed layers may still surface in daily life at unexpected moments.
I see layers of memory and emotion within people like layers of an archaeological dig: compacted below the faces we know, supported and shaped by the strata of ancestors and experiences only half-remembered. But like ancient cities which survive into the modern era, fragments of these subsumed layers may still surface in daily life at unexpected moments.
Arts of the Terrace giveaway: And the winner is...
Emily Cline, aka Doodlebugheart!
Congratulations on winning a free print of my work at the Arts of the Terrace!
Emily, I need you to email me two things:
Everybody else: if you're within driving distance of Mountlake Terrace, WA, I'd love to see you at the reception on Friday. Details:
I've been notified I won a prize -- yay! -- which I'll receive at the reception, so join me there and you'll be first to see it!
Emily, I need you to email me two things:
- which print you prefer ("We See" or "Impenetrable")
- your snail-mail address, so I can ship it to you
Everybody else: if you're within driving distance of Mountlake Terrace, WA, I'd love to see you at the reception on Friday. Details:
This Friday, September 28, 7pm-9pm
Mountlake Terrace Library
23300 58th Ave. W.
Mountlake Terrace, WA
I've been notified I won a prize -- yay! -- which I'll receive at the reception, so join me there and you'll be first to see it!
Arts of the Terrace: Giveaway!
As I make plans for how my next year in art is going to go, I decided to apply to a group show I'd heard of but not applied to before: Arts of the Terrace.
Like my previous shows last year, this is also a juried exhibit. It's held at the main library in Mountlake Terrace, WA. The show runs from September 29th to October 7th. I entered two pieces... and both were accepted!
You might remember "Impenetrable":
And the second piece, "We See"...
I realize I've made you wait weeks to see the full view of "We See", and I wanted to reward your patience. With a giveaway!
(No, there's no car under your computer. Sorry.)
I will ship a FREE print of "We See" or "Impenetrable" to the giveaway winner (as long as you have a U.S. mailing address)! And -- AND -- if you meet me at the Arts of the Terrace opening reception, I'll sign your print to you. Personalized and everything!
Here's how you enter to win:
I'd really love to see you there!
But if for some awful reason you can't hang out with me and the other artists (ninth sign of the Apocalypse, intergalactic android attack, etc.), please take a moment during the next week to see the exhibit. And let me know you visited -- talk to me on Facebook.
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| Photo by Red Fish/ Blue Fish Photography |
You might remember "Impenetrable":
(No, there's no car under your computer. Sorry.)
I will ship a FREE print of "We See" or "Impenetrable" to the giveaway winner (as long as you have a U.S. mailing address)! And -- AND -- if you meet me at the Arts of the Terrace opening reception, I'll sign your print to you. Personalized and everything!
Here's how you enter to win:
- Comment on this post (here, Twitter, or Facebook) no later than Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 5pm (PST).
- Check back Wednesday, September 26, 2012 to see if you're the winner.
- If you won but you're outside the Mountlake Terrace area: email your mailing address to yolisalisa at gmail dot com by Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 5pm (PST). Again, to keep shipping costs down, the prizes go to folks with addresses in the US.
- If you won and you're near Mountlake Terrace: pick up your free, signed-to-you print here:
Arts of the Terrace Opening Reception
September 28, 2012
7pm-9pm
Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Ave. West
Mountlake Terrrace, WA 98043
I'd really love to see you there!
But if for some awful reason you can't hang out with me and the other artists (ninth sign of the Apocalypse, intergalactic android attack, etc.), please take a moment during the next week to see the exhibit. And let me know you visited -- talk to me on Facebook.