drapery series
This collection of tapestries is inspired by women of myth and legend, poetry and prose, who are textile practitioners; with their practice, they control the lives and deaths of others, and, at times, of themselves. These tapestries share a common aesthetic of an abstracted background overlaid by a delineated image. The abstracted background is derived from images of gowns these heroines wear in other, historical, artistic depictions.
ANNUNCIATION, 1995. L-R: CONTURBATIO, COGITATIO, INTERROGATIO, HUMILIATIO, MERITATIO. Wool and cotton. 50 x 35 cm each.
Below: installation of tapestries. Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, ON, Canada. 1996
An installation of the tapestries facing a series of engraved brass plates across a candlelit corridor.
The words on the engraved brass plates asked simple words of identity “who are you” and “who am I”.
Candlelight was the only illumination for the installation.
VISITATION, 1999. Wool and cotton. 60 x 60 cm.
Collection: Idea Exchange. Cambridge Library and Galleries, Ontario, Canada
ENTRE NOUS, 2000. Wool and cotton. 45 x 45 cm.
Collection: Galérie Expression, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada.
THE THREE FATES: CLOTHO, LACHESIS, ATROPOS, 2002. Wool and cotton. 45 x 183 cm overall.
Collection: The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada.
PENELOPE, 2004. Wool and cotton. 60 X 60 cm.
Collection: The Nova Scotia Art Bank, Halifax, NS,Canada
NOTE: This tapestry is “missing” from the collection. If you have any information regarding the location of this tapestry please contact your local police, or me. Thank you.
THE LADY OF SHALLOTT, 2008. Wool and cotton. 60 x 60 cm.
PLOT, 2014. Wool and cotton with embroidered embellishment. 44 x 44 cm.
Collection: The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB, Canada
REVENGE; TEREUS, PHILOMELA, PROCNE, 2014. Wool and cotton. 44 x 164 cm, overall.
ARACHNE, 2016. Wool and cotton. 57 x 60 cm.
Produced with the financial assistance of an Arts Nova Scotia Creation Grant.
VALKYRIE: WEB OF WAR, 2018. Wool and cotton. 45 x 117 cm.
Produced with the financial assistance of an Arts Nova Scotia Creation Grant.
ARIADNE: CLEW. 2018.Wool and cotton. 57 x 47 cm.
PENELOPE: STASIS, 2019. Wool and cotton. 53 x 55 cm.
RUMPELSTILTSKIN: GREED, 2020. Wool and cotton. 24 x 100 cm.
BRIER ROSE: NIGHTMARE, 2021. Wool and cotton, 50 x 75 cm.
MME DEFARGE: COUNTING, 2021. Wool and cotton, 56 x 58 cm.
GRATIA PLENA, 2022. Wool and cotton, 30 x 60 cm each
GRATIA PLENA: GABRIEL, 2022. Wool and cotton. 30 x 60 cm.
GRATIA PLENA: MARY, 2022. Wool and cotton, 30 x 60 cm.
Below is a series of images of my exhibition CLOTH AND CONSEQUENCE
shown at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, Ontario from July 17 - September 18, 2021.
The tapestries are all from my Drapery Series and explore intersections of life, death, and textile practice.
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