Miriam Traher
I Rallied One More Time by Miriam Traher  Image: The process involves layering paint, collage, paint and more paint, creating layers and layers with colours, shapes and designs that are scraped, sanded, scratched and dug into, repainted, revealing and leaving bits of the past, the history of each layer. A story emerges that blends this history with the final design, which is rich in texture. The beauty is in the discovery, the rich surface and the hidden bits that can only be seen by getting in close and exploring its secrets. The papers are handmade, rusted in metal scraps, printed, scribbled and written across on the studio floor.  Rust fascinates me.   The colours, the texture and no two pieces will every rust identically, like all our experiences and memories of life.
The process involves layering paint, collage, paint and more paint, creating layers and layers with colours, shapes and designs that are scraped, sanded, scratched and dug into, repainted, revealing and leaving bits of the past, the history of each layer. A story emerges that blends this history with the final design, which is rich in texture. The beauty is in the discovery, the rich surface and the hidden bits that can only be seen by getting in close and exploring its secrets. The papers are handmade, rusted in metal scraps, printed, scribbled and written across on the studio floor. Rust fascinates me. The colours, the texture and no two pieces will every rust identically, like all our experiences and memories of life.