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The Shadow project of 40 drawings, 40 prints and 1 painting is based on the word shadow used as a verb and a noun.
Shã´dow:
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- to represent vaguely, mysteriously, or prophetically.
- to make gloomy or dark; cloud.
- to cast a shadow on; shade.
- to change in gradual degrees.
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- an imperfect imitation or copy.
- a ghostly apparition.
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These are from a series of 40 prints and 20 silhouette paintings, The painting were done on vintage wall paper samples and the prints on vellum and monoprinted newsprint. The mono printed newsprint was made by my 21/2 year old granddaughter when we have studio time together, the image I added on later.
These drawings and paintings are a part of a series started after seeing the beautiful terra cotta votive people and the Giotto frescos in Italy. The votive sculptures were made and left at the grave to invite the gods to inhabit the sculptures to protect from evil. Swaddling is a form of protection, and safe space for an infant.
This work, the stepford
wives, is the next step for a good girl. After
twelve years of Catholic School we were taught
not only to be a good girl but to grow up
to be the perfect wife and mother by emulating
the perfect woman, Mary the Mother of God.
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