Symbols

Newly hanging in my studio from my Assisi Thin Places body of work...

Symbols

Mount Subasio, in Assisi, Italy, is said to be a sacred mountain.  On Mount Subasio there is a cave where St. Francis would go to pray and contemplate.  It is called Eremo delle Carceri (Hermitage of St. Francis). 

The whole area near the cave is rich with symbols, from the frescos in the oratory leading to the cave, to sculptures in the hillside, to a variety of crosses, including humble, rough hewn crosses embedded in nature.

I like the mystery of symbols and visual metaphors.  I was especially drawn to the more natural, subtle symbols. I phototransfered two images onto a wood panel.  One image is of an outdoor chapel just down the trail from the cave.  It had an old tree stump with a small cross carved into it and a twig that also looked like a cross.  I fused that image with one of the door that opens to the oratory and cave.  Together they seemed to portray a beauty in subtlety.

Size: (h x w) 24" x 16:
Media: Phototransfer on wood panel (maple)
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Passage

Passage was created from two viewpoints that shaped my time in Assisi and my perception of thin places.  The first is of an archway that opens up to reveal a stunning view of the countryside.  The first time I came upon this place, it was such a delight to see the hazy blues and greens of the countryside in a break between the pale medieval stone walls!  

The second image is of the window in my room at the Arte Studio Ginestrelle.  When not out wandering the town and countryside, I spent a fair bit of time in this room researching and looking out the window reflecting.  This view offered me a place where I would get lost in thought and it inspired me.

These images capture the thrill of discovery and the significance of contemplation. 

This piece is part of my Thin Places body of work, created after an artist residency in Assisi, Italy last year.

If you have a minute, please read the view the review of my latest Thin Places exhibit!

Size: (h x w) 20" x 12"

Media: Original digital photography on canvas

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Revelation

Revelation was created with two separate images. The back layer is a photo transfer of a photograph that I took of an outer hallway of the al Fateh Mosque in Bahrain. The front sheer overlay is of a pathway through the trees at the Genessee Monastery in New York. I particularly love how the foreground of both images work together to draw the viewer in.

This piece was part of my solo show entitled NEXT at the Massillon Museum in 2008-9.

Size: (h x w) 11" x 14"
Media: Fibers
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Ambition

Ambition was created with a photo sensitive fabric. A transparency of a photograph I had taken of the Eiffel Tower was laid on the fabric and then exposed by the sun. I really enjoyed the process and would like to play with it more in the near future. I chose to place an overlay of steps from Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio to help portray a sense of drive or ambition.

This piece was part of my solo exhibit entitled NEXT at the Massillon Museum and in a group show entitled fabric-ations at Malone University's McFadden Gallery.

Size: (h x w) 14" x 11"
Media: Fibers
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Navigation

Navigation was created with a sheer overlay of an image of a compass, taken on a boat in Maine. The back layer is an archway at The Citadel, in Egypt. I sought to visually portray the reality of the unknown that lies ahead on the journey.

This piece was part of my solo exhibit entitled NEXT at the Massillon Museum.

Size: (h x w) 12" 12"
Media: Fibers
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Options

Options was created from a photograph I took near Marie Antoinette's Hamlet in Versailles, France. I happened upon the secluded bridge while taking a quiet walk with my husband. I found it so beautiful and inviting, its aged-looking structure (probably reconstructed?) just seemed to evoke a sense of history. I overlayed a sheer image of trees and a path, from the Genessee Monastery in New York, to help reinforce the intrigue.

This piece was a part of my solo show entitled NEXT which was exhibited at the Massillon Museum in 2008-9.

Size: (h x w) 14" x 11"
Media: Fibers
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Simultaneous

Simultaneous was created from a phototransfer of an image taken of an abandoned looking bridge at the Gethsemane Monastery in Kentucky. The timelessness of the alpha and omega symbolism on the bridge was an intriguing contrast to it's aging, deteriorating, overgrown setting. Threads are stitched along the branches within the image and flow onto the mattboard surrounding it within the frame. It has a companion piece, Eternal, which features a Chi- Rho carved into the other side of the bridge.

This piece was exhibited at Malone University in 2009, at 2nd April galerie's The View From Here show, and in my two-person show entitled Sheer Obscurity, at The Little Art Gallery in North Canton, OH.

Size: (h x w) 14" x 11"
Media: Fibers
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Eternal

Eternal was created from an image that I took of a crumbling old bridge while on a hike at the Gethsemane Monastery in Kentucky. I was particularly drawn to the overgrown setting in which it sat, seemingly forgotten. There is a companion piece, Simultaneous, that features the other side of the bridge. A sheer overlay of trees from the Genessee Monastery was integrated to give the dimension of time and space. A Chi- Rho symbol or Christogram is incised into the stone of the bridge. This symbol was used long ago and incorporated the first two Greek letters of Christ's name.

This piece was exhibited at Malone University in 2009 and was shown in my two-person show, entitled Sheer Obscurity, at The Little Art Gallery in North Canton, OH.

Size: (h x w) 14" x 11"
Media: Fibers
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Continuum

Continuum was created as an attempt to visually explore time, progression, and digression. This work has one opaque layer and two sheer layers of a balloon at different stages or sizes. Depending on your perspective, the balloon is either inflating or deflating. To me it is a continuum containing both perspectives.

This piece was exhibited at Gallery 6000 in 2009.

Size: (h x w) 12" x 12"
Media: Fibers
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Circuitous

Circuitous was a commissioned diptych that I recently completed. It was based on an earlier work, Ambiguous, that I finished last year, featuring many variations of a photograph I took of the spiral steps inside the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The top layer is a sheer overlay of the outline of the same spiral steps. It is the largest scale photo-transfer piece I have attempted to date, though now I am inspired to work larger yet!

The diptych is hanging in the new ICU waiting room at the Mercy Medical Center in Canton, OH.

Size: (h x w) 131/2" x 76"

Media: Fibers

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Gravitation

Gravitation is a fusion of a sheer overlay of trees and a pathway with a photo taken in a park in London. I can't recall which park it was, perhaps Regents or Hyde? All of the parks we strolled through were so beautiful. The two images combine to create an intriguing lure toward a port of call along the journey.

This was part of my solo show entitled NEXT at the Massillon Museum, in a group show entitled fabric-ations at Malone University's McFadden Gallery, and was shown in my two-person show entitled Sheer Obscurity, at The Little Art Gallery in North Canton, OH.

Size: (h x w) 14" x 11"

Media: Fibers

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Indecision

Indecision was created with a photograph I took in Versailles, France combined with a sheer overlay of a weathervane taken at a friend's house in Ohio. The two images seemed to work so well together to visually portray potential possibilities.

This was part of my solo show entitled NEXT at the Massillon Museum in 2008-9.

Size: (h x w) 14" x 11"

Media: Fibers

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Anticipation

Anticipation is intended to evoke a sense of suspense and excitement as one journeys onward expectantly. The front overlay is of a cloudy sky in Pittsburgh, PA. The back layer is of a colonnade at the Rotunda on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

This was part of my solo show entitled NEXT at the Massillon Museum in 2008-9.

Size: (h x w) 14" x 11"

Media:Fibers

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Elusive

Elusive is another attempt to visualize the vantage point of looking forward trying to see what lies ahead. The archway image was taken in an outdoor corridor at the Louvre in Paris and the tree image was taken at the Genessee Monastery in New York.

This was part of my solo show entitled NEXT at the Massillon Museum, at 2nd April galerie's The View From Here show, and was shown in my two-person show entitled Sheer Obscurity, at The Little Art Gallery in North Canton, OH.

Size: (h x w) 14" x 11"

Media: Fibers

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Sanctuary

Sanctuary is made up of a sheer inverted image taken in a park in Paris. This image overlays text that suggests a space to linger and rest.

This has been displayed at the 2nd April galerie, Gallery 6000, The Repository lobby in Canton, OH, and at the Arkon-Canton Airport.

Size: (h x w) 24" x 24"

Media: Fibers

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Resolve

Resolve is a mixed media piece created with an inverted image of steps making their way up the dune from the beach at Lake Michigan, in Holland, Michigan. The text unites with the image to explore the concept of what makes us press on toward an elusive destination.

This was exhibited at 2nd April galerie.

Size: (h x w) 17" x 21"

Media: Mixed media

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Parallel

Parallel was an experiment using two versions of the same image taken at the Genessee Monastery in New York. To me, it explores the mystery and perception of reality, that which is seen and unseen, known and unknown.

This was part of my solo show entitled NEXT at the Massillon Museum in 2008-9.

Size: (h x w) 21" x 17"

Media: Mixed Media

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Embarkment

Embarkment was another effort to communicate the complexity of growth and progress in life. The pathway image was taken at Quail Hollow State Park in Ohio. Text repeating "one step forward two steps back two steps forward one step back" overlays the pathway.

This was part of my solo show entitled NEXT at the Massillon Museum in 2008-9.

Size: (h x w) 14" x 8"

Media: Fibers

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Beckoning

Beckoning is meant to play with the concept of destination and calling, of how one can feel pulled in a certain direction without necessarily being able to see where it leads. It was created with an image taken at the Rotunda on the grounds of the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville. This was combined with a sheer overlay of a photo of my son's bedroom door slightly ajar.

This was part of my solo show entitled NEXT at the Massillon Museum, at 2nd April galerie's The View From Here show, and was shown in my two-person show entitled Sheer Obscurity, at The Little Art Gallery in North Canton.

Size: (h x w) 14" x 11"

Media: Fibers

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Urgency

Urgency is made up of 2 images. The back layer is an image of a weathered old door in a crumbling wall on the grounds of the Gethsemane Monastery in Kentucky. The sheer overlay is of an expired parking meter on 3rd street in downtown Canton, Ohio. I wanted to create a sort of mysterious intrigue that the viewer could personally resonate with as to what may be the urgency to pass through the portal and where might it lead.

This was part of my solo show entitled NEXT at the Massillon Museum a group show entitled fabric-ations at Malone University's McFadden Gallery.

Size: (h x w)14" x 11"

Media: Fibers

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