As you can see in the art, the printed images are all cut up into feathers. Since I am an abstract artist, I am trying to convey a lot of information and using complex processes adds to the layering of this work. It is not my intent for viewers to actually read the text but more to evoke feelings about the content of my work.
All these layers of process, images and text and materiality reflect the complexity of the problems that contribute to extinction.
“By using recycled materials and materiality-based pieces, I hope to induce viewers to consider some of the solemn issues addressed in this new body of work. Plumas is both a celebration of the beauty that birds bring to our lives as well as a warning about what we may lose in our lifetimes if we do not take action. “ -quoted from interview with Deborah Kruger in Art Spiel
A team-based approach is required for creating work of this scale, just as a complex global response is required to shift the consumption and policies that may still save some species.
Whether you are reading this as an artist or art lover, I hope I have illustrated how simple drawings can become the building blocks for large-scale and complex artwork.