… My work is large and minimal. Generally speaking, it’s about scale with very little distraction. I live in the state of Nebraska on an immense stretch of prairie called the Great Plains. I am profoundly influenced and inspired by these plains/planes: the big sky, the horizon line, and the earth. …
When I use the word proportion and think in terms of balance and scale, I am referring to areas – planes of color. As I design and weave, I grapple with specific amounts of color, their saturation and their interaction. How many inches of cobalt blue can you put next to perfect orange before they each begin to lose their push-pull magnetism and affinity for each other? Will a fine line of the dullest grey hold the tension between two fields of opposing colors or will the line simply dissolve? If the line is made thicker will one color begin to advance or the other recede? What happens if the line should become red, or purple, or a complement? What happens if there is no line at all, no horizon? What then will become the visual anchor? |
