|
Ice Cave by MAK
Exhibition @ The Framery
Artist Statement: Nature is the reoccurring theme throughout my body of work. My color palate leans heavily to the blues and greens of the “Polywog pond” of my youth. I tend to work in series, to strive for excellence in construction, and simplicity in subject, allowing each viewer to contemplate its intended meaning.
|
|
Polywog was established in 2005 by fiber
artist Marcia Ann Kuehl.
Why Polywog? Perhaps a better question is why not Polywog?
Growing up in the mid-west, with a houseful of brothers, the Polywog Pond was the best place to escape. Although it was across the street from home, to me, the pond was deep in the forest. Quiet and peaceful, what an exciting place to watch for frog eggs, or finally discover they had hatched into polliwogs, and eventually see them turn into frogs.
And the colors, what an array of colors! From the deepest greens, to the softest blues, mixed in were a blur of browns, and yellows, and violets... Splashes of white, pink and perhaps orange or fuchsia.
The fiber art process is very similar. Finding the fabrics, cutting them into pieces, joining the pieces to make a top, quilting it together to make an an art quilt. And the colors and textures of the fabrics, unlimited.
The Polywog Pond will continue to live on.
|
