I AM AN ARTIST LIVING IN BEAUTIFUL SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO WHERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS I HAVE BEEN MAKING ART IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. MY MIXED MEDIA WORK BEGINS WITH HAND-FELTED WOOL THAT IS MOUNTED ON ¾” BIRCH PLYWOOD. I THEN FUSE MANY LAYERS OF HAND-MADE AND RICE PAPERS TO THE SURFACE. WATERCOLOR AND MIXED DRAWING MEDIA ARE APPLIED TO THE SURFACE AND FIXED. THANKS FOR LOOKING!
All paintings copyrighted 2008-2014 to Linda Laino. May not be used without permission.
Garuda
Still Point
Seed 4
The above paintings are available to order in high quality Giclee prints, 8" x 10" print on rag paper with image size 5.75" x 8.5" (Garuda is 7.75" x 7.5"). $30.00 each including U.S. shipping. Please contact me for more information.
The Edge of Knowing
La Raiz
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In one of her poems, Mary Oliver refers to “playing at the edges of knowing”. I associate this idea with the way that I approach my art-making. Like poetry, I utilize a condensed language to explore the connection we have to nature and how it informs our sensory contact with the world. In its infinite wisdom, nature consistently reminds us of the mystery of the hidden and the fragility of the exposed.
Fusing known images with memory and experience creates a sense of exploration that connects fragments of thought into whole vision. I am interested in the “play” between art and science. Forms such as cocoons, eggs, pods and sacs with their suggestion of hidden space and its promise of revelation, birth, change and growth, also invites mystery, shelter, containment and death. This ambiguity is where we position our daily lives finding amazement at the strength but also the vulnerability of the world.
Seeking to make connections where there seemingly are none, I hope to visually trigger an emotional or psychological link to other things, to explore the synthesis of image and object and to create a vivid sense of experience.