This piece has been created with many long hours of love. Each leaf has taken 2 hours to embroider. The waterfall weaving took over 12 hours for only a portion of it. Yet it is such mindful work that it brings me peace as I do it. I love that from a distance it looks abstract, but close up there are many layers of detail and imagery. Check out my show. I hope you love the pieces in it as much as I have enjoyed creating them.
As you may remember I decided to make my goal for 2023 to try to create daily with a focus on process. I also for the month of January made this the focus of my School for Arts Leaders Capstone project. I am enjoying this so much and absolutely love just letting the art lead me, rather than having an end product in mind. I am working in a lot of mixed media on the weekends and focusing on small sketch works on weekdays when I am more tired following a full day of teaching. Here are a few of my favorite images from what I have created thus far.
April Malphurs 