<\/p>Stories are not only written but are often told in the form of visual art, dance, theater, etc\u2026 My intaglio print \u201cFamily Album Hieroglyphics: Man, Full With His Memories\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>was recently accepted into the catalog for the WCA (Women\u2019s Caucus for the Arts<\/a>) <\/strong>show \u201cSTORIES WE TELL\u201d<\/strong><\/em> in New York.\n

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A symbiosis of two art forms was the basis<\/em> for the \u201cFamily Album Hieroglyphic\u201d <\/strong><\/em>series \u2013 my children\u2019s \u201cstick figures\u201d and my photographs.\u00a0When my children were young, our family took many trips in Colorado and Utah. We hiked through the canyon lands and visited many unusual rock formations, cliff dwellings, pueblos, petroglyphs and pictographs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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At the time, there was a direct relationship between the primitive \u201cstick figures\u201d<\/strong> my children had drawn <\/strong>and the petroglyphs and western landscapes <\/strong><\/strong>I was photographing<\/strong>. I combined the two art forms and exposed them on to zinc plates which I etched, inked, and printed on paper on an etching press. That was the creation of this intaglio print series \u201cFamily Album Hieroglyphics\u201d<\/em>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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The intense emotions<\/strong> evoked in my children\u2019s \u201cstick figures\u201d validated many family and cultural issues that are commonplace to everyone. Fears, friendship, loneliness, ethnic and gender issues, strife, pets, holidays, sports, and celestial configurations were captured in their simple, yet complex renderings. By combining my children\u2019s primitive \u201cstick figures\u201d and my photographic backgrounds, I created art images that tell multiple stories<\/strong> with a sense of depth and compassion. <\/a><\/em><\/strong>The \u201c<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Family Album Hieroglyphic\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong>intaglio<\/a> prints\u00a0ALL tell stories<\/strong> and recollect emotions that we can relate to.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMan, Full With His Memories\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/em> brings back recollections of both friends and foe, happiness and hostility. A faceless tree-like figure is imprisoned by hand holding pairs of smiling figures in <\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u201cMr. Lonetree Stands Alone\u201d<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>This print <\/strong>depicts alienation, loneliness, and the need for relationships. \u201cWomen, They\u2019re All the Same\u2026\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/a>is a common, but inaccurate statement. Although a satirical art piece, my child\u2019s rendition of women\u2019s hairdo\u2019s is humorous. Are women really so robotic in nature?\u00a0 \u201cJack Be Nimble\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> is spoof on the well known rhyme and Halloween spooks. <\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u201cIndian Memories\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/strong> is as haunting as Edward Munch\u2019s \u201cThe Scream\u201d<\/a><\/em>, which is one of my favorite works of art and depicts intense human emotion.\u00a0\u201cMan\u2019s Best Friend, Or Is It?\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/em> tells about our preoccupation with our favorite pet, the dog.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m fascinated with many other primitive art forms and enchanted by the symbolism and story<\/strong> telling involved. I\u2019ve visited many \u201cprehistoric\u201d or\u00a0Upper Paleolithic<\/a> caves such as Lascaux<\/a> <\/a>in France and\u00a0Cueva de la Pileta <\/a>in Spain. The\u00a0stories about the discovery of these caves<\/a> is remarkable too! In Lascaux, the sophistication of the so called \u201cprehistoric artists\u201d is exemplified by the\u00a0overlapping of animals, use of perspective, and blending of colors.<\/a> Egyptian hieroglyphics<\/a> in later centuries was a formal pictorial writing system that also influenced my art.<\/p>\n

Stories We Tell<\/strong> is a common theme in artwork throughout the ages!<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Stories are not only written but are often told in the form of visual art, dance, theater, etc\u2026 My intaglio print \u201cFamily Album Hieroglyphics: Man, Full With His Memories\u201d was recently accepted into the catalog for the WCA (Women\u2019s Caucus for the Arts) show \u201cSTORIES WE TELL\u201d in New York. <\/p>\n

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