“When painting, I work like an archeologist – excavating, scratching, uncovering, and restoring. Forms and figuration appear and disappear as layers reveal and transform the hidden light.” -Robin Tedesco-

“This series, ‘Conditions of Ornament,’ is brand new. My intention is to revivify these antique decorative motifs by making them contemporary. I started Xeroxing, tracing and cutting out some of the most dramatic designs I could find, with the purpose of somehow combining them. It was soon clear that layering was the most effective strategy. I could make a new mash up of unrelated patterns, and force comparisons that were never part of the original usages. It is the collision of very different contexts that make this work interesting.” -Bruce Metcalf-

Karin Birch has been using hand embroidery and hand stitched beadwork combined with acrylic paint as a medium for art making for more than twenty years. The act of hand stitching thread and beads is a slow and repetitive process that affords a space for uninterrupted thought. The act of painting is spontaneous, in the moment, physical movement. Combining these two opposite states gives form to endless exploration in to the mystery of being. “I work intuitively, mining personal experiences, energy, movement, nature and the occasional external interruptions of politics. I use this medium of minutiae as a practice for connecting with the vastness.”