"Headdress: Dignity"

Headdress: Dignity, 2024

Intaglio print and paper cut

20 x 16”

$1,200.00

My artwork is influenced by the Chinese folk art of paper cut. The crisp graphic appearance of paper cut appeals to my sensibility as a printmaker. This work is a blending of my interpretations of traditional Chinese designs into personalized figurative compositions. The combination of the paper cut with other media shifts the idea of space to be both dimensional and flat. The use of pattern (printed and cut out) depicts the figure as it exists in an ephemeral state, in a place between reality and the mystical. The delicate lines merge with bold shapes and color to create visual movement and vibration. The combination and interaction of the layers of paper cuts create complex and unpredictable visual space and depth. Superstition, belief, hope, and fear is represented using iconography imagery. These images project the spirit and energy of the iconography onto the figure and space, adding strength or ferocity or delicateness. The red latticework is the stable entity, the geometric severity straining to contain the visual hodgepodge.