valerie powell
hide n seek (more spain) hide n seek (spain) layered moments moveable garden (pdx) hide n seek (greensboro) garden residue adjusting hide n seek (vt) sketchland floaters fragments: in recovery night ride home montana work in recovery counting collages miller time series big boxes where the magic happens... shelf pieces small boxes
Things that inform my work:
-the intersection between painting and sculpture
-shrinkable plastic/shrinky dinks
-keeping track of time/counting/watermarks
-pop-up books
-pattern
-getting the material (and the heart) to rebound
-giving myself permission to play
-time travel/magic time machines
-fragility
-games
-transparency
-multiples/collections
-invented/imagined worlds
-candy colors
-the space and tension between vulnerability and concealment.