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Since
1993 I have been taking photographs and then rendering them in embroidery.
My pieces are small – often about 4” x 6”, a size
and format that echoes the photos on which they are based. I build
the image stitch by stitch, criss-crossing and overlapping thousands
of flecks of color. My colored stitches, laid side by side or atop
one another, are like the dabs of paint of Monet or Seurat – pointillistic
color mixing. But the Impressionists wanted to portray a fleeting
moment in time, whereas I want to convey a sense of timelessness.
I try to capture the essence of a subject, to imbue with monumentality
even humble vegetables, rocks, and marsh grass. The most important
consideration for me is capturing the particularity of light.
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