LM Wood
Corn and Beans, 2019
54 x 56 inches
Cotton fabrics
Posthumous quilting by Peg Gignoux.
Statement
Blurring of boundaries between craft and fine art and between traditional and contemporary art forms, I seek to explore the distinctions between media, process and function. My interest is in creating hybrid works that exist in the “muddy middle” between various areas of study. Drawing inspiration from the “mysteries” of the photographic image – the element of memory is important in these works. For similar reasons I am also drawn to working with textiles. Much like the photograph, textiles also hold memory; either created through the making or in the using of them. Technologies allow for the mutability of visual imagery like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Going “digital” opens up new ways of seeing, interacting with, and producing works of art. It also raises questions of authorship and the physicality of the artist’s hand. Both the physical and manifestations of physicality is a common thread throughout all my work. My desire is to make art that tells a story – not only through how a work is made but also what it “says” to the viewer. Resulting in works that become the artifacts of the human experience.
LM WOOD
Old Maids Puzzle, 2019
54 x 56 inches
Posthumous quilting by Peg Gignoux.
LM WOOD
Associate Professor of Art,
Elon University, Elon, NC
The late LM Wood was an experimental artist living and working in North Carolina, and one of the original members of SEFEA. Originally from Minnesota, LM pursued a variety of careers before discovering art in college. She eventually received an MFA in Photography at the University of Cincinnati and an MFA in Fibers from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. It was in Carbondale, working with M. Joan Lintault, that LM began her most recent exploration into digitally printed quilts. LM presented and exhibited her artwork nationally and won several awards, including a grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, and a Visual Arts Fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council. LM was an Associate Professor of Art at Elon University, Elon, NC, until her untimely and unexpected death in March 2019.