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While on a Fulbright Scholar grant, I have recently created very large prints and drawings used for an installation
project at the Nelimarkka Museo in Alajärvi, Finland. These works are based on stories of the vironsusi, the Finnish werewolf,
and my own experiences of these sub-Arctic woods. In the 3 meter (approximately 9 feet) long woodcut, Black Winter, I abstract
the woods into a graphic tableau that encompasses even oppresses the viewer, much as the endless nights do this far north.
The director of the Nelimarkka Museo, Leena Passi, wrote “Impressive are the installations Black Winter and Night Woods.
Black Winter is a long woodcut on linen around the walls raising in front of our eyes memories of old black and white printed
fairytale books. Night Woods talks with its transparent trunks…Her art gives us a strong feeling of tales of wolves
and her deep understanding of the darkness and mysterious nature of the Finnish forests…” This work was also displayed
in a solo show in San Antonio, Texas at the Southwest School of Art and Craft.
Black Winter, Woodcut on Linen, 330cm. x 65cm. (118"x 24"), Fall 2007, Edition
of 5.
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