COLLAGES

They are an assemblage of work that was done while my husband Dan Darrow was alive. He died 3 years ago. I started tearing up my old artwork, which represented another life which was gone, to create new images which reflected the life I was beginning to piece together from the fragments.

The fragments consist of etchings, pastels, ink drawings and paintings. Occasionally there are pieces of found paper or objects. There is sometimes one significant image in it: a friend that is gone; an animal or some other image that implies the impermanence or ephemeral quality of life. I try to retain humor in some of the pieces.

Pottery

On greenware: (unfired, seasoned pottery) - the piece is incised and carved with figures , animals, faces, botanical images. It is then bisque fired. The incised areas and negative spaces are then painted with wax resist. It is then glazed and fired in the manner of raku. The stoneware is painted with a slip and then the carving is done through the slip and the piece is then glazed. The titles are often whimsical. They identify, but do not always inform. Many of the themes involve various myths, sagas, biblical themes playfully woven together. Foibles of friends and colleagues may also become mixed in, somewhat hidden through the ambiguous use of symbolic or mythic imagery.

 

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"Voyage"
mixed media collage

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"Pigs in Heaven"
mixed media collage

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"Goat Stepping Out"
mixed media collage

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"Vase #1"

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Stoneware Vase

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"Woman and Goat"
carved stoneware

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"Tess"
carved stoneware