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Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 23.3 (2002) 113-116



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Sandra Salo Deutchman


What happens when I paint, and what am I making? I begin by making spontaneous marks with my hands and a variety of other painting tools. This action allows images to emerge that never appear when working in preconceived ways.

I find the patterns, forms, or figures that the painting suggests are closely linked to my most immediate experiences or come from some underlying prior knowledge.

As I work, I watch, trying to recognize and develop imagery that reinforces connections and begins to reveal the unspoken forces I sense in nature and within myself. I paint to explore these mysteries and their power to enchant my senses. My hope is that my work will do the same for others.

Two of the works selected for publication trace my journey to Australia in 1989-90, where the impact of the land and Aboriginal spirit motivatedSunrise Dreaming andSnake Lore II.Goddess Returning to Discover Herself, which appears on the cover of this issue, happened upon returning home with a new sense of self found while away.Night Life comes from the unspoken forces of nature that I continue to try to voice by painting. [End Page 113]

Sunrise Dreaming, acrylic, 28" x 23" (in the collection of Carl and Lois Melina, Moscow, Idaho.) [End Page 114]

Snake Lore II, gouache, 11" x 11.5" [End Page 115]

Night Life, acrylic, 36" x 48"

 



Sandra Salo Deutchman retired from Washington State University in 1998 following thirty years of teaching fine arts and art education. A retrospective exhibit of her work was held at the University of Idaho Prichard Gallery in Moscow, Idaho, which included pieces painted while on sabbatical in Denmark and Australia. Deutchman is now at work on pieces inspired by a visit to Hawaii, and she is planning for a painting workshop in 2003 at La Liga de Arte in San Carlos, Mexico.

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