I am currently experimenting with the dying of fabric, which then transitions itself into a surface to be painted on and potentially collaged. The true art of each piece lies in the process. Depending on current stimuli, I may fully submerge fabric and then feverishly reverse the effect or lightly brush materials with such a diluted solution that is hardly reminiscent of ink. This application varies depending on what I’m channeling.
Drying also is affected by that emotional target. Sometimes cloth stays untouched for days, left in it’s same position, while other times it is draped, hung, or washed away for a second process of dying.
The final step lies in the creation of a story. I tend to relate my forms to human figures, faces, positions and situations. A humanistic element is always applied. Autobiographical? Probably….