TIME MENDING

Memory is vulnerable. It is shaped by emotion, captured by photography, imprinted by the scent of a fragrant flower, spun by a story heard at a party when young. It is set like concrete yet is as fragile as a spider’s web. When paying attention, we are called to notice the nuances of the edge of the dawn, the dip of the sun and the perfection of the full moon. There are quiet moments that slip easily from sight not unlike the moment of birth or death. Time crosses all of these elusive and precarious sensitivities without malice or compassion. It is simply one moment after another. This work continues to focus my attentiveness towards nature, reverence and devotion. The patterned paintings derive from investigation into applique quilt work of the late 19th century in Lancaster Pennsylvania where my maternal family is from. Painted in “reverse” there comes a rebirth through concealment, a new neutrality. Through art action I am working on the grafting and synthesizing of time and recollection, mending and bending the continuium to catch it up to this present moment. This remedy called “artmaking” helps heal the mysteries of family, honors creative tradition and reveals what is useful in allowing emotion to govern with grace.