A WEATHERED SPACE
A Weathered Space 1, Acrylic on wallpaper on panel, 46 x 46 cm / 18 x 18 inches, 2016
A Weathered Space 2, Acrylic on panel, 46 x 46 cm / 18 x 18 inches, 2016
A Weathered Space 3, Acrylic on panel, 46 x 46 cm / 18 x 18 inches, 2016
A Weathered Space 4, Acrylic on panel, 46 x 46 cm / 18 x 18 inches, 2016
Sideways, Acrylic on panel, 46 x 46 cm / 18 x 18 inches, 2016
A Weathered Space 5, Acrylic on panel, 46 x 46 cm / 18 x 18 inches, 2016
I received an Artists International Development Fund Grant (Arts Council England and the British Council) to research traditional textiles in India. While I was an Artist-in-Residence at the Sanskriti Foundation in Delhi, I visited artisans and textile collections in Delhi and Rajasthan. I loved seeing Phulkari embroideries from Punjab in the collection of the Delhi Craft Museum. The diagonal grids, diamond patterns and brilliant marigolds and reds that characterize these embroideries inspired this series of acrylics on panel.