Palettes

Palettes are large scale collages on wood that are an exploration of color themes and re-contextualizing images of femininity composed from magazine cutouts, advertisements, and other collected objects. The collages incorporate appropriated palette colors from other recognizable artist paintings. These color studies associate the piece with recognized and influential artists. Similarly, in studies on color, it has been suggested that if a culture does not share a word to describe a color, we do not see it as distinct, or our perception of it is affected. Color names evoke individual memories and the colors we are drawn to tell our own narrative. The application of embroidery thread, collaged vintage cookbook pages, and objects passed down from my Grandmother challenge her traditional notions of femininity with the very materials associated with being feminine.