Annoel Krider–Shapeshifters
I spent well over three decades as a tapestry weaver always loving and relating to the textural art form. Although I continued to weave I began a process of stick and paper sculptural forms that I often combined with the weavings. These stick sculptures soon became my desired form of creating as my tapestry weaving slowly drifted into the past.
Although one day, as I was paging through the myriad of drawing books that represented the sketches for my weavings I realized I loved the free, loose character of the drawings that I could not achieve in the woven form….so
this is when my life turned to painting using acrylics as my choose medium.
I initially painted from my weaving sketches but then I realized that I was missing the textural element that I’ve always had a passion for so I began applying a variety of textural papers and fabrics onto the canvases. Sometimes prior to painting. Sometimes after painting. Along with the papers I began incorporating some of the elements that I used when creating the stick sculptures. Beads, wire, sticks and yarn.
With the combination of all my loved art forms I finally arrived at a place in my career when I felt I was able to achieve just the right essence of my internal voice.
Judy Scammell
As a native of the Adirondacks and a frequent visitor to Montana and Wyoming, my work is influenced by the natural landscape and the wild animals; who inhabit that landscape. My work recalls and focuses on these animals, birds and mountain places that play an integral part in my life and thoughts. This is my inspiration for creating art.
Growing up in the Adirondacks, I was free to explore the nearby mysterious woods and river of Fawn Ridge. The desire and urge to explore the wilderness has stuck with me and I find myself continually drawn to wild places.
Along with the Adirondacks, Yellowstone and Glacier Park also feed my art with spirituality and magic. As a young child my grandmother read me stories from "Old Mother West Wind", "Aesop's Fables" and "Grimm's Fairy Tales" which have also echoed through my work. People comment that my animals posses a character and personality.
When I paint, my intention is to capture a deeper kind of insight into the lives of animals and birds. I try to achieve a connection; something that sparks. I work on a painting until enough of the animal or bird reveals itself.
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