Atmospheric River

Description

Atmospheric River

A confluence of observing rain on the prairie and learning about flooding from Atmospheric Rivers in the northwest!  Digital textiles were designed, fused to aluminum screen which was shredded to form rain/wind, mounted on discarded fence boards with brushed aluminum (electricity in the clouds).

I was awarded a residency at Virginia Center for Creative Arts in 2021 to create a body of works on paper that relate to a new series of sculpture. The series, ultimately, was named Neotectonic Period.

[su_box title=”Susan Hensel” box_color=”#2a6bb0″] Susan Hensel is a multidisciplinary artist, with a 50+ year career, who combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. Susan received her BFA from the University of Michigan in 1972 with a double major in painting and sculpture and a concentration in ceramics. With a history, to date, of over 200 exhibitions, more than 30 of them solo, twenty garnering awards. Above all, Hensel’s desire to communicate stories through art continues to be a powerful motivator. Hensel’s artwork is known and collected nationwide, represented in collecting libraries and museums. [/su_box]