I am honored to be part of a joint exhibition with Susie Monday-Transformations - at the Cultural Activities Center in Temple, Texas (https://www.cacarts.org/ ). The exhibition
can be viewed July to August 24, 2020. Here is a video link of the exhibition: https://vimeo.com/442533159
To see additional photos, scroll to the bottom of this posting.
Also included are a few group quilts from the Austin Art Group.
Transformations
That is what we do as artists: transform. We start with simple
materials -- as fiber artists that means cloth, thread, batting, paint, dye and
more -- and we transform the materials into artful stories, images and
messages. Art then transforms us, with emotional responses, questions, new ways
to see the world.
This exhibit of abstract art quilts is about the transformation
that takes place when artists look beneath and beyond the images of realism and
narrative content to see and expose the bones of what makes a painting or other
piece of art “work.” This is art that is about the FORM in transform. These
abstract works are about line, shape, composition, movement and pattern, energy
and emotion. Perhaps they require a little more from the viewer -- we are not
relying upon subject matter to tell a visual story — but nevertheless we are
transforming the visions in our minds’ eyes into art work that has impact,
inspires emotion or curiosity. We hope our work helps our viewers look beyond
an object into that which is non-verbal, a relationship more akin to listening
to music than looking at a photograph.
Sherri Lipman McCauley
Sherri Lipman McCauley, a fiber artist who lives and works in
Lakeway, Texas, brings her life experiences together in the creation of her
artwork. McCauley is educated as a teacher, trained as a programmer, and has
emerged as an artist, creating serendipitous fiber designs. Her design work
often starts with black and white marks, with the addition of colors and shapes
to reflect emotions and events in her life. The color and shapes represent the
artist’s interaction with the world in which we live. With many experiences yet
to encounter, many dyes and paints to explore, and many yards of fabric to
tangle with, McCauley hopes her abstract art provokes the viewer and allows
them to connect with the abstractions, finding delight in the view. http://sherrilipmanmccauley.blogspot.com
Susie Monday
The work and life of Susie Monday is informed and inspired by
the Texas Borderlands where she works and teaches in person and online from her
studio near Pipe Creek, Texas. Although much of her previous work was narrative
and folk art inspired, a couple of years ago she began exploring abstract compositions,
influence by her early art training in the late 1960s, in the shadow of
abstract expressionism. A studio art graduate from Trinity University, Susie
has written many articles, co-authored a book on creativity for parents, and
teaches and lectures in person and online about digital design, creative
process and surface design. www.susiemonday.com
Austin Art Group
This group of textile artists and art quilters worked
collaboratively together for more than eight years, creating a body of work
around common themes. Artists include: Anne Holliday Abbott, Frances Holliday
Alford, Betty Hildebrand Colburn, Jean Dahlgren, Barb Forrister, Pearl
Gonzalez, Connie Hudson, Leslie Tucker Jenison, Raewyn Khosla, Sherri Lipman
McCauley, Diane Sandlin, Susan Lewis Storey, Niki Valentine Vick, and Kathy
York. This collaboration took place during the time all the artists lived in
Austin, Texas.
