Images relating to nature and personal history resonate in my work. Whether I am working figuratively
or graphically my work reflects the Pacific Northwest landscape and navigates between lamenting and celebrating our
natural world. I seek to express the concern for our waning environment while documenting its dynamic resiliency.
Often soft focus organic images are contrasted with textures drawn from my Father's workshop and flat graphic shapes.
The message is two fold: human barriers that diminish nature and the human ability to make positive restoration.
To purchase art contact:
Mona T. Smiley-Fairbanks at monat_smiley@hotmail.com
or call 425-771-5370.
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* Paper Quilt series mounted on stained panels not shown.
There is hope.
My recent work reflects hope with pure shape and line in its simplest form. Color is sneaking into my
work giving spark to the bold elements. Concepts imbedded with nature/science making sense out of life through patterning
and order.
I am curious to push the art of print making by using the classic techniques in untraditional ways and
accepting the accidents as my own magic. The tools and scavenged printing surfaces become just as important as
the finished piece. I include images such as maps, wallpaper and wood from my history, and often cut them apart and
reassemble with sewing.
The trick is: Parting the mist and blending your dreams with the future. Layering the past with the
future so the message is not forgotten.
