Artist Spotlight
Linda Welch
We hope you've been able to visit the gallery this month to take in Linda Welch's Concealed Within series. In this series, Welch has created unique and truely one-of-a kind books, in which the individual pieces are wrapped and encased. Welch's books respond to the constant bombardment of fractured images and past emotions that seem to interrupt present thought on a daily basis. Primarily focused on visual texture, color and composition, threads of storyline appear in unexpected ways. Welch employs wax, paint, bookbinding techniques, and collage. With this in mind, the viewer can't help but handle and experience these intriguing treasures.
Linda Welch is a painter, sculptor and book artist from Portland, Oregon. Her artist books emanate from a true love of books. She states, “My work is driven by process. Raw material is gathered, selected and manipulated to create further material. It is combined and reworked until the final piece is completed. The act of involvement with the materials ultimately dictates the final form. Each series explores the balance between containment as comfort versus confinement. The notion of what is kept secret versus how much is revealed.”
Several books from this series have been acquired by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. But don't let them have dibs on everything! All Concealed Within books are available to take home right away and add to your collection.
Linda Welch is a painter, sculptor and book artist from Portland, Oregon. Her artist books emanate from a true love of books. She states, “My work is driven by process. Raw material is gathered, selected and manipulated to create further material. It is combined and reworked until the final piece is completed. The act of involvement with the materials ultimately dictates the final form. Each series explores the balance between containment as comfort versus confinement. The notion of what is kept secret versus how much is revealed.”
Several books from this series have been acquired by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. But don't let them have dibs on everything! All Concealed Within books are available to take home right away and add to your collection.