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Staci & Bill McLauchlan
Mixed Media
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Staci was raised in a house surrounded by fabric. Her mother was a home economics teacher who tried everything to get her interested in sewing. Of course, being the independent, freewheeling teenager she was, Staci would have none of it.
It wasn't until she was out on her own that Staci realized that in spite of her efforts to ignore the wisdom her Mom tried to impart, some of it actually took. She came to love fabric and the art of fabric composition.
Staci says, "I work exclusively with batiks. The richness and variation of the colors makes it possible to paint with fabric in a way that permits the whimsical as well as the formal."
Whether its contemporary curve and line compositions, tropical island scenery, or abstract textile designs, I have a vision that fabric art should always be alive and always inspire the viewer to wonder: Is it really fabric?
Bill has been doing digital work practically since the personal computer was invented. He started with an Apple II computer in 1980. (Too bad he didn't buy Apple stock at the same time!) He has a strong eye for color, design and digital transformation.
Together, Staci and Bill are creating contemporary works of art that have their roots in fabric composition but then are digitally metamorphosed into designs that are abstract or grounded.
