Hooray! It's time for our April exhibition with Esther Myong Hall!
Oooohhh 🙂 Let's get a closer look!
S.Dot Gallery is pleased to present "Body of Details”
Our artist this month has been kind enough to take over writing for this exhibition 🙂 Let's hear from her now! "This is my small Pack, a knit representation of my wee family of Husband, Son and Me." (Want a pack of your own? Contact Esther!)
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This series in the first room are a view of the life water in our veins at first impact. Just like how you walk into a house your first impression can always be surprising.
Fresh #1, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
Iced drop #1, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (top) Iced drop #2, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (middle) Iced drop #3, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (bottom)
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Fresh #2, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
Congealed #1, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (left) Fresh #2, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right)
Iced drop #4, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (left) Iced drop #5, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right)
As we walk around we notice how wounds age with time and colors change also.
Dot and Dorrie in their non-zoom meeting.
Just like life, not everything is in order or makes it to that final thought but it still has a presence like these little discarded works.
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Spot #1, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
It doesn't all break the skin, sometimes it's just an impact more colorful than you thought your body was capable of.
Grazed #1, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right top) Grazed #2, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right bottom)
Impact #1, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
Impact #2, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (left) Impact #3, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right)
The harder the hit the longer the impact and deeper the memory. I may have fallen into a rabbit hole with this idea.......
Impact #4, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (left) Impact #5, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right)
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Grazed #3, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (top) Grazed #4, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (bottom)
The green room as I like to think of it is a part of the healing, it's funny because green is also considered one of those very calming colors and represents growth and nature.
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Mend #1, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (left) Mend #2, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right)
Mend #3, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
Mend #4, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
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Mend #5, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (left) Mend #6, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right)
Mend #8, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right)
Director missing per usual.
Mend #9, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
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Mend #10, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (left) Mend #11, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right)
Mend #12, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
Mend #13, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (left) Mend #14, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right)
I was thinking of random mundane and everlasting injury friends and I share of pencil lead stuck under the skin and you pick at it sometimes and re-bruise yourself and this is how I feel about it. It always seems common between me and artist friends
I like to think of this as my private personal collection. My favorite amalgamation of colors when I see a bruise. I feel like there is this beautiful golden time of healing.
Falling up, Crewel Wool, Muslin, wooden embroidery hoop, $65
Tiny Bruise #1, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
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Bitten, Crewel Wool, Muslin, wooden embroidery hoop, $45
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Tiny Bruise #2, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
Kicked, Crewel Wool, Muslin, wooden embroidery hoop, $23 Tiny Bruise #3, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (top right) Tiny Bruise #4, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (bottom right)
Final phase of healing is where it just looks muddy and gross but the pain isn't really there anymoe and you can relax some and not move around so gingerly.
This room has interjections of what I do for myself as a hobby and no longer feel like it is job in knitwear. the exploration of colors and shapes.
Crocodile scales, wool yarn, $23
Crocodile scales, wool yarn, $23
Deep Impact #1, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
The End #1, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (left) The End #2, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right)
The End #3, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
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Deep Impact #2, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
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In my real life I have crystals stashed around the house as well and random knitwear carelessly tossed about. Do I believe in magic? Not really but my son is like a magpie for shiny rocks and he is six, that is all.
Softening #1, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
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Softening #2, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (left) Softening #3, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23 (right)
Softening #4, Watercolor, pencil and ink on water color paper, $23
Thank you for taking this virtual tour of my tiny new works and a look at my inner process and view of our daily bumps and impacts. (Thank you for sharing with us Esther - a real bang up show! xoxo)
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