Many of the titles for my quilts and mixed media works are blended words.  Making lists of possible words, and then trying out combinations, I don’t seem to have any trouble coming up with something I feel fits well – and then as they grow in number these form series.

So Landlines – this first photo is #6 in a series of very small works mounted on 20cm artist canvases I paint myself, some of which have gone along the coast to the Galeria Los Caracoles in Jose Ignacio.  It has been photographed against flat black, and if you look carefully you can get a sense of the dimensionality of it on it’s cream painted canvas stretcher mount.  The leather is backgrounded by grey sheer fabric, the edges of which have been burned.  Burning is very therapeutic ! and the textures and patterns are characteristic of a fait bit of my recent work, particularly the Timetracks series.

These next photos are ALL of the one work “Timetracks 17” that I had my wonderful photographer Eduardo shoot against three different backgrounds.  A client here has ordered a small work (this is about 30cm x 40cm) and I made two in different colourways, so that she can choose.  She may choose between them, or take something else that I have available.  Either way, I plan to offer this piece in print form, too, so having not done much about prints for a while, I am once again preparing to come up with a good quality printer here. 

I thought it would be interesting to see the effect of different backgrounds to the piece:

“Timetracks 17” against gold-dusted tan suede, some of which actually is in the piece itself.

This is “Timetracks 17” against a cream background – the exact same fabric is background to the actual work.

Finally “Timetracks 17” against white – but there is no white in the actual work. 

I like the idea of a coloured background wrapping around a canvas so that in one way it ‘frames’ the work set against it, without there actually being a physical frame.   Please feel free to comment on this as I’d value your feedback..