About the art: “I was inspired by the arrival of spring and painted South Dakota’s state flower (the American Pasque Flower) so it appears to peek through the textures and colors around it. Tucked into one of the handmade paper layers are cropped buffalo images, created using a negative painting technique. Most of the piece leans abstract, with strong contrasts: organic and geometric shapes, warm and cool tones, torn and cut edges, soft and rough textures. I love how contrast pulls the eye through a piece and invites people to slow down, look closer, and find their own meaning. For me, collage is an evolving process as each layer changes the story.”
Additional Artworks
From South Dakota Arts Council
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Thin Ice, Take II, 2024
Charlene Brown
Painting
25.5 x 21.5 in (64.77 x 54.61 cm)
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Presence of a Hero, 2024
Roger Broer
Monotype
17 x 13.5 in (43.18 x 34.29 cm)
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The Last Battle, 2023
Hector Curriel
Painting
24 x 30 in (60.96 x 76.2 cm)
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Joe Foss, a Son of South Dakota, 2022
Hector Curriel
Acrylic paint painting on canvas
12 x 24 in (framed) (30.48 x 60.96 cm)
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Sturgis Week on St. Joe, 2021
Susan Drey
Watercolor on paper
12 x 16.5 in (framed) (30.48 x 41.91 cm)
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Pronghorn Hangout, 2019
Susan Drey
Watercolor painting
18.5 x 24 in (framed) (46.99 x 60.96 cm)
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Contemplation, 2014
Jon Crane
Watercolor
37 x 30 in (framed) (93.98 x 76.2 cm)
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Preserving the Past, 2012
Jon Crane
Watercolor
42 x 33 in (framed) (106.68 x 83.82 cm)