Linda Colsh

Linda Colsh

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I have been an artist as long as I can remember: from my first crayon drawings on old window shades to years painting in watercolors and oils, through the 6 years that I sewed traditional patchwork.

In 1988, I set out to make a quilt with the intent that it would be art. Returning to my studio art background, I decided to alter commercial printed fabrics with dye, thiox and bleach. Realizing immediately the joy of working again in processes to create original fabrics that are uniquely my own, I learned the term for what I was doing: surface design.

I enthusiastically picked up the pens, brushes and mark-making tools I formerly used on paper and canvas, and added vat processes like dye and discharge to my battery of techniques. Soon, commercial fabrics were banished to quilt backs and storage cases.

I rediscovered the silkscreen process I had learned at university but abandoned as too toxic. Screenprinting with acrylic paints eliminated the solvents and other chemicals that had previously put me off.

Informed by the figurative and narrative goals I set for my artwork, I consciously set out to make decisions about processes that work to achieve the statements I want to make and how I wish to comment on what I see. This gallery collects some older works that I consider highlights of my career and presents what I believe is an overview of my most significant fiber art works.

Finding Her Way
Finding Her Way detail
Deny & Ignore
Deny & Ignore detail
Close
Close detail
The Crack in the Teacup
The Crack in the Teacup detail
In Winter Woods
In Winter Woods detail
Cold Shoulder
Cold Shoulder detail
Mole & Henge
Mole & Henge
Restricted Vision
Restricted Vision detail
Rage & Outrage
Rage & Outrage detail
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace
The Seeker
The Seeker detail
Love & Lightning
Love & Lighning detail
Sudden Storm
Sudden Storm detail
Scent Astray
Scent Astray detail
Rendered Anonymous
Rendered Anonymous detail
With Abandon
With Abandon detail
Venise triptych
In The Hot Seat
Venise triptych detail
In The Hot Seat detail
May Day, May Day art apron
May Day, May Day art apron detail
Jubilation & Dread
Jubilation & Dread detail
Nepenthe
Nepenthe detail
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