Born in Providence, Rhode Island, I earned a BFA in Textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1980 and in 2005, a MFA from The Maryland Institute College of Art, in Sculpture/Studio Art. I have consistently augmented my education through travel study grants and course work throughout the years. While some time has been spent promoting the efforts of other artists through curatorial work in the two galleries I established, The Krause Gallery in Providence RI and The Mill Gallery in Pawtucket, RI, I have maintained a consistent exhibition schedule over the years, exhibiting in museums and galleries locally, nationally and internationally. I currently lives in Foster, RI.
Statement
“The charm of the line, in and of itself, the line in space, as well as the line drawn on a surface, and the nothing between the lines and the sparking when they cross, when they are interrupted…sometimes the in-between lines are as important as the line itself.” Gego
My recent work has been an examination of space, line, gravity and engagement. I am an intuitive artist, responding to materials and exploring physical interconnections and the dynamics of space, line and multiplicity. The use of spatial relationships, multiples, line and, most importantly, what is not physically present being an integral component of art making are all concepts that are employed within my work.
When offered the opportunity to ”play” with a huge container of small spheres, possibilities felt boundless. Stacking, suspending, piercing, slicing and dicing, singly or grouped… so many little orbs, so many options. By working with the interplay of weight to lightness and integrating emptiness as a sculptural element, I have created organic growth and motion into my work. Through the principle of tensegrity; compression, flexibility, kinetic qualities, the sculptures cast shadows, create illusionary space and generate motion, accentuating their playful energy.
My two dimensional work, drawing the shape of space through topographic explorations, taps into the same concepts and methodology as the 3D work, where the positive and negative spaces become indeterminate, creating illusion and a sense of spatial awareness. Utilizing patterns from nature and man-made structures, this type of drawing, where one thing shifts into another, creates voids and fictional spaces which blur the line between reality and illusion, chaos and order.
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