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SPRING HILL,
TN 37174
As an artist, I never identified myself as a feminist. My being female was just a part of my biology, driving my sexual encounters and relations and the cause of reproduction.
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All of these feminist identifiers caused ambiguity within me. Constriction, restraint, feelings of abuse, and invisibility were the products of my femininity. In no way was I called to wave the feminist banner. I did not want someone to give me credit for or look at my art only through the pink lenses of feminism. I feel art should stand on its own as to content and visual principles of design. Does the viewer really need to know that a female created a work? For years I de-feminized my subject matter, colors, and construction.
Unfortunately, this separatist attitude developed into a denial of my complete person. I AM a woman. I AM a wife. I AM a mother. I loved playing with dolls as a child. I love to sew and crochet. As I began an archeological dig culturally, psychologically, and personally, I re-discovered and acknowledged - for the first time - my feminine history and existence. My works now include the very ambiguity I feel over this issue.
The use of domestic and childhood materials and constructions of fabric and vintage apparel reveal the paradox of the life of a woman artist. By questioning what femininity means to myself, I offer a record of one artist’s journey into acceptance and the embrace of the feminine spirit I have denied for years. My work now reflects the depolarization of my artist/feminine self
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