Creating the palette and fabrics for this piece was a journey of learning and skill-building. My husband inspired me with his sketches of the place and the moment I wanted to capture, and after yards of new fabrics with many trials of colors and surface design techniques, I arrived at this. It gives me the feeling I was after, and my husband seems OK with it, too.
This piece and two others of mine will be part of Art in the Arctic, a show of six artists’ work representing the importance of migratory birds in northern Alaska National Wildlife Refuges. It opens tonight at Venue, downtown Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Arctic Gatherings, 15”x30”
Photo by Amy Mackinaw |
