I received another "People's Choice" award at the Lorton Workhouse this past weekend, this time on an interesting piece that I had created for my show in August of 2012. The framed image is titled "She Wolf", a layered work, with a wolf named Frodo and a model named Stephanie. Frodo the wolf lives at a sanctuary in Pennsylvania and I photographed him, choosing him over other wolves, because I thought he looked more wolf-like with his gray fur.
This wolf sanctuary has both timber and gray wolf, all kept in pens where they live as packs. The care taker is a young lady that rides a Harley motorcycle (naturally) and she happened to be coming in while a group of us were photographing the wolves, which can be very early in the morning for good light. The wolves joined together with their calls, clearly they felt that she was part of their pack(s), and I have to say, it was just an incredible sound. All of those wolves were howling in unison, repeating it over and over.
To create this piece I used Lutradur as the base, which is a spun-bonded, non-woven fabric that you buy at a fabric or art store. Coat it with gesso and then InkAid, which allows you to run the Lutradur through your printer. The gesso gives you great texture and the InkAid can give you color and sparkle. This is one of the techniques I will be teaching at the Nature Visions Expo on November 8th.
If you want to visit the Workhouse and see "She Wolf" in person, go to building 9 and gallery 902. Open Wednesday to Saturdays - 11-6 and Sundays - 12-5.
That has proven to be a very powerful piece! Congratulations! It's nice to hear about the process behind your art too!
Posted by: Rebecca Ryan | 10/14/2013 at 03:42 PM