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  1. Insomnia by Julia Kjelgaard, Image 6.

    Julia Kjelgaard

    Insomnia, 1993

    Ink on gampi paper

    40.5 x 30 x 0.75 in (102.87 x 76.2 x 1.91 cm)

My work has been both a means of exploration and a mystery. It trajectory reflects what I wonder about. I hope it resonates with others as we are all on a journey of learning and seeing as we pass through this world. I find that art for me helps me make sense of life, it has taught be to see and appreciate the unseen: meaning both the mental constructs and ideas that inspire and engage us, and the inner emotions and processes of our minds. It is this interaction and mystery between the heart or “felt” and the mind or “known” which interests me the most. The dichotomy between east and west, the rich history of printed materials, the hand, and the tools of mechanical reproduction, nature and discoveries of travel have inspired much of my work.

The processes of art making, teaching the skills of drawing and printmaking to others, and the traditions of printmaking have given me access to a particularly rich language of images that can evoke wonder, beauty, intelligence, understanding, empathy, ethics and poetry. I believe that throughout history, the arts are one of the major ways that we share our true understanding of our lives, and that the arts are a tool to continue to reach across the global, cultural, religious and intellectual divides that plague us as human beings.