somewhere in here (updated!)

 

Now that I've researched and obsessed over this piece for a few days, I can't find the damn thing. There's a reason that I can't put my hands on it, a message from the universe that I have to ponder. Decode. 

"The Bruised Heart" is mounted on a 16x20-inch canvas, so it's not rolled up in a pile with other still-soft pieces. 

The search is on. I have a physical this afternoon, and I'm afraid they are going to find my blood pressure alarming. At least I know why.

I had to provide an artist's statement and two images for the show in January. The words were easy. Deciding which two images to represent my work was very hard. 

My work with textiles has much in common with contemporary painting - the come and go of colors, lines, and textures - but carved into the surface of cloth by threads under tension instead of paint on canvas.

I combine my love of color and abstraction in a continuing exploration into the possibilities of fiber as art. Although viewers are discouraged from handling the art, I want them to ache to touch it.

Everything I make is about exciting the eye and engaging the viewer with the tactile draw of cloth and the drama of colors and shapes that hint at mystery, magic, and sometimes the sly grin.  

Deborah Lacativa  2025

Not run off to join the circus!