Melissa Dickenson
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art 2002
2008 Sondheim Prize Finalist at the Baltimore Museum of Art
The pieces I am presenting are a series of work made on Awa-Washi(Japanese Handmade Paper). It is an investigation in creating unique surfaces on which to paint. I use the fibers of Kozo root present in the Washi as the outlines for imaginary landscapes. I have “drawn out” the fibers and imperfections in the paper with paint and suture to make more visible the imaginary worlds in which images of flora and fauna exist .The vivid colors used in the creatures are not truly found in nature; the organic forms, which make up the landscapes, are also abstract and ask the viewer to imagine surreal environments. Many of the animalia are placed out of a “normal” context, which allots for disorder in the laws of nature and parallels our own lives.
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