Storm On the Plains

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Storm on the Plains

Driving through the prairies of the midwest, late fall 2021, I was struck by the flatness of the earth, the giant bird-like wind turbines and the fast moving dark clouds and rain that chased me for miles and  miles! I mostly missed the “wet,” but it was impressive.

This piece is an embroidery on Rives BFK, a lovely, soft, fawn colored printmaking paper. I designed an interlocking  cascading rock form in the computer and stitched it over and over with plain, white rayon thread. I then hand-colored from the BACK of the piece.  The paint only soaks into the thread that way, creating a color effect unavailable in any other way.

[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]