Kay Ford

Lives and works in Texas, USA

Artist statement

My work involves narrating diverse themes of the human experience. The exploratory voyage of the experience shifts in numerous manners. An examination of the complexities of those changes is always weaved into the storytelling using color fields of pattern, the vibrancy of Fauvism, and the wide expanse of collage. Like the hero’s journey, an individual’s life is full of exploit. In the sum of days, there is victory or defeat, there are moments of crisis, there are decisions, and there are outcomes that alter perception and life. My narrative work depicts these ever-turning moments that influence a person’s character. Story telling motivates my work: stories bind us to a commonality and teach us about the world in which we live. I intend to bring people closer to identifying with another’s plight or spur the imagination in regards to how many paths a life can navigate, navigations that can be teeming with feral ventures. The collage process is a helpful tool in my artistic accounts. Though my background deals with mostly drawing, I have found collage and mixed media the best way for me to represent the images I want to build. Fabric and paper, arranged in systematic ways, provide a lush and textured voice for me to speak. Yarn painting and oil pastels allow me to establish decorative plots. In many ways building these abstractions in some areas of my picture plane grant me the privilege to choose to hide or reveal moments of a narrative as I wish. I make work with which to...

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