Textile Posters Exhibit
Travel Muse: Wanderlust
and Travel Muse: Endurance
by Mary-Ellen Latino
I have been selected by SAQA to exhibit 2 pieces in the “Textile Posters Exhibit”: Travel Muse: Wanderlust and Travel Muse: Endurance, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, 11/2-11/5/17 and International Quilt Festival, Chicago, Illinois in 2018.
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| Travel Muse: Wanderlust by Mary-Ellen Latino |
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| Travel Muse: Wanderlust (detail) by Mary-Ellen Latino |
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| Travel Muse: Endurance by Mary-Ellen Latino |
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| Travel Muse: Endurance (detail) by Mary-Ellen Latino |
Here are parts of my artist statements for Wanderlust & Endurance:
Travel intoxicates my senses and fuels my soul. I can never get enough. I muse over what art I might create once I return home. The world is my oyster and there are still so many wondrous experiences to fill me up until my cup runneth over. “I have miles to go before I sleep, miles to go before I sleep”. (Robert Frost) Life is a series of convoluted circles, spirals, a roller coaster full of ups and downs, sometimes euphoria, at times hardship and despair. Trees are a metaphor for life: relentless strength, resiliency, endurance. How we choose to handle the day-to-day, how we embrace the limitless plethora of opportunities and challenges is up to us. I have faith that we can write our own destiny. Like the trees we get shaped by our environment and must beware of being swept away by the winds of conflict, stress and life provoking change.
Mary-Ellen Latino
www.highinfiberart.com
melsrun2000@gmail.com
