And Then There Were Three - Marie Wintzer

[cheryl penn]

Three’s Company???

Lets start at the end – it’s a very good place to start.  Why? Because its an answer to a question -  Marie, how do you work? 

That question began when Jen Staggs asked me to write to her and tell her how I make art - my art making processes. I then asked J F Chapelle.  He sent me a diagrammatic explanation of his working process. I answered to him and Marie with a further work, and now its my turn to see how Marie works.  Asking questions about another artists work – its DEFINITELY  how I work.   Their voice – their intentions?  I NEED to know.  You may not, but I do.   Unlocking Maries puzzle? A delight as always.  Stitching, observation, paper, photography a personal color sensibility. Somehow an AWARE blend of east and west.

O, its all there.   Match, Pair, Compare, Question. After all there ARE 129 other choices, but she chose this ONE. There are 139 Be Aware of Multiple Exists to the work – o – I’m choosing mine with care.

Chicken on a stick???? Now that’s that X factor, the wild card. And the two hundred year old book cover :-)

As always, Marie's work carries a sense of  impermanence, nothing is held down forever.  She constantly appears to explore the  transient nature of beauty. Her  ability to articulate the spaces between? Its emotive for sure. Read her text. 

I don’t know if somewhere in Japan, when Marie inserted her work into a plastic rice packet that she KNEW it would be raining on my post box here in? But there it is, her work stayed dry, protected from African rains. 

We know that grave yard photograph  in the cherry blossom storm.  She has been there. But she has not been there.

And this? This is  terms of affection  developed in the ether. Unique relationships and friendships these. People who have never met, yet find affinity.

Marie - receiving three piece in one week :-) - whoever said three's a crowd hasn't been as lucky as me. Thank you for your continued FAB correspondence Cherry Blossom XXX

[De Villo Sloan]

trashpo without the trash

[De Villo Sloan]

Cheryl, asking the artists how they work and using that as the basis for this blog about Marie is a tremendous approach. Cherry Blossom's work is so amazing here I'm going to spend some time with it. This was a gift to wake up to for sure. I'll be back.

[Marie Wintzer]

That is such a beautiful blog, Cheryl! I love what you did with the pictures! On most days my table looks exactly like that! The truth is I always want to send you more! Because you inspire me to try to do always better, and I need this, and I can't thank you enough. Thank you for your words, they are Ether, the good type of Ether. I'm breathing....

(ha ha you liked Chicken on a stick, knew it!) :-))