{"id":9288,"date":"2022-09-21T08:37:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T12:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/?p=9288"},"modified":"2022-09-21T08:37:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T12:37:59","slug":"the-third-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/the-third-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"The Third Leg"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned from faithfully maintaining this blog over the past 8 years is how key writing has become to my practice. I often think of it, along with drawing and stitching, as the third leg of my artistic stool.<\/p>\n

\"Washes\"

Layers of color, and the happy accidents that occur as those colors mix, contribute to what I find most intriguing about watercolor. Stitching over those passages is a big risk.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve learned that writing opens the door to unconscious ideas, ushering them to the surface. It’s something of a secret weapon which quite often not only directs my next steps, but also helps to crystallize a better understanding and articulation of whatever I am working on in the studio at the time.<\/p>\n

\"Lower

But if done carefully and consciously, stitching adds a dimensional component that enhances the paint.<\/p><\/div>\n

This phenomenon proved true once again while working on my quarterly newsletter late last month (have you subscribed yet?<\/a>). In writing a description of my gravitation toward painting images of elder women, something came to mind.<\/p>\n

\"Texture\"

The point of adding stitches is texture – both visual and physical. Stitching also provides another means for creating definition within the image, such as the left side of the house shape, as seen below.<\/p><\/div>\n

I had already incorporated the suggestion of a house form surrounding the head of the subject in the early stages of outlining the composition of this piece, but as I wrote, the idea of protecting one’s personal boundaries (home) came to mind — specifically in relation to the fight of older generations of women for equal rights and for control of our own reproductive choices.<\/p>\n

\"House

House on Fire \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a92022 Elizabeth Fram, Watercolor, pencil and embroidery on paper, 9.5 x 12 inches<\/p><\/div>\n

It wasn’t too big a stretch to draw a line between that feminist history and the idea that the overturn of Roe v Wade this past June is akin to burning down someone else’s house.
\nThe result is “House on Fire”.<\/p>\n

\u2737<\/span><\/h2>\n

Among many other wonderful things, September\/October means the return of Art at the Kent<\/em><\/a>, the annual exhibition at the Kent Museum in Calais. Always fabulous, endlessly inspirational and a testament to the wealth of brilliant artists that call the Green Mountain State home, it’s a must-see event in a setting that is uniquely Vermont.
\nI’ve written about it’s magic\u00a0before<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Sawyer

The Wayward Bench<\/strong> \u00a9 George Sawyer<\/a> paired with Mud Season 9 Patch #11<\/strong> \u00a9 Rosalind Daniels<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Just one stunning example of the eclectic pairings on view in “Interplay” at the Kent Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

This year Art at the Kent<\/em> presents “Interplay”<\/strong> from September 9 – October 9. \u00a0Don’t miss it!<\/p>\n

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