Comments on: Entangled Series http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/2009/12/entangled-series/ Mixed media art and photography Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:37:35 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Deidre http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/2009/12/entangled-series/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Deidre Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:36:06 +0000 http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/?p=1223#comment-671 Mary Ann, your work is absolutely beautiful; thoughtful and graceful. I wish you strength throughout this difficult time. Thank you for commenting, and I hope you will keep me updated on how it goes. Mary Ann, your work is absolutely beautiful; thoughtful and graceful. I wish you strength throughout this difficult time. Thank you for commenting, and I hope you will keep me updated on how it goes.

]]> By: Mary Ann Tipple http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/2009/12/entangled-series/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Mary Ann Tipple Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:44:17 +0000 http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/?p=1223#comment-670 Deidre As I am the caretaker for my mother who has dementia I live with the effects of it all the time. Perfect description of the condition. My mother knows something isn't right and it frustrates her tremendously. She gets snippets out but travels back and forth between being with it and hallucinating. My quilt For the Saintly Mother whose Crown has Slipped is an homage to her current state. Mary Ann Deidre
As I am the caretaker for my mother who has dementia I live with the effects of it all the time. Perfect description of the condition. My mother knows something isn’t right and it frustrates her tremendously. She gets snippets out but travels back and forth between being with it and hallucinating. My quilt For the Saintly Mother whose Crown has Slipped is an homage to her current state.
Mary Ann

]]> By: Deidre http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/2009/12/entangled-series/comment-page-1/#comment-667 Deidre Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:50:41 +0000 http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/?p=1223#comment-667 Lainie, that makes perfect sense, and it's exactly what I'm attempting to do. I like art that lets you draw your own conclusions, so that's what I try to offer as well. I hope that comes through. June, you're right that no. II does get pretty overwhelming. I was feeling very emotional while I worked on these, and maybe that one got a little frenetic. I had wanted to add even more thread than what is on there now, but everyone said it was enough so I stopped. Thank you so much for commenting! Lainie, that makes perfect sense, and it’s exactly what I’m attempting to do. I like art that lets you draw your own conclusions, so that’s what I try to offer as well. I hope that comes through.

June, you’re right that no. II does get pretty overwhelming. I was feeling very emotional while I worked on these, and maybe that one got a little frenetic. I had wanted to add even more thread than what is on there now, but everyone said it was enough so I stopped. Thank you so much for commenting!

]]> By: june jarboe http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/2009/12/entangled-series/comment-page-1/#comment-666 june jarboe Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:49:12 +0000 http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/?p=1223#comment-666 Deidre, Thanks for sharing your work online. I was touched by the story of your mother's dementia and Alzheimer's condition. I found your work quite depictive of this conditon. It is so sad that Alzheimer's cannot be diagnosed until the victim is deceased. However, lets hope that changes and a cure is also found. As a fellow artist, I would not expect something depicting such a horrible disease to be "pretty." I did find "Entangled II" to be curious and almost drawing me into the web. "Entangled I" seems to be over whelming with the lines and I am not sure if I like the white. It is such a dark, misunderstood and frightening subject. But as usual, I find your work intriguing and love the abstraction of it. June :) Deidre, Thanks for sharing your work online. I was touched by the story of your mother’s dementia and Alzheimer’s condition. I found your work quite depictive of this conditon. It is so sad that Alzheimer’s cannot be diagnosed until the victim is deceased. However, lets hope that changes and a cure is also found.
As a fellow artist, I would not expect something depicting such a horrible disease to be “pretty.” I did find “Entangled II” to be curious and almost drawing me into the web. “Entangled I” seems to be over whelming with the lines and I am not sure if I like the white. It is such a dark, misunderstood and frightening subject. But as usual, I find your work intriguing and love the abstraction of it. June :)

]]> By: Lainie http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/2009/12/entangled-series/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Lainie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:37:08 +0000 http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/?p=1223#comment-665 I think these are brilliant - I'd love to see the texture for real. You're taking real risks and departures from what you've done in the past. To me the best art is that which is informed by personal experience and emotion but doesn't attempt to make it too literal or personal -- exploring the concept in a way that is both inclusive and restrained, so the viewer has a chance to develop some intimacy with it. Does that make sense? I think these are brilliant – I’d love to see the texture for real. You’re taking real risks and departures from what you’ve done in the past. To me the best art is that which is informed by personal experience and emotion but doesn’t attempt to make it too literal or personal — exploring the concept in a way that is both inclusive and restrained, so the viewer has a chance to develop some intimacy with it. Does that make sense?

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