SewnArt

SewnArt began quite by accident.  I found a frame on the street in Montreal.  The canvas I bought to stretch over the frame didn’t fit.  So I cut the canvas to pieces, and sewed it back together to cover the frame. I wasn't terribly good with a sewing machine, so I purposefully made folds and wrinkles in the canvas as I sewed. I wondered what would happen.

Once the canvas was large enough, I stretched it on to the frame. It was impossible to make it tight, so I grabbed some strong thread and began to hand stitch areas to create tightness.

I then began to paint. First abstractly, until I saw the flower. I painted what I saw. Inception was the result.

SewnArt was then born.

Each canvas a unique sculptural creation. I look at it from every angle, until I see what it is. Then, painting begins.

The subject theme is determined by my experience.  The specific form is determined by the folds of the canvas. 

The SewnArt canvases are one of a kind.  They can never be duplicated or reproduced. 

Sewn Together is about tension, balance, and belief.

Tension between growth and stasis,

            between existence and creation,

            between event and memory.

Balance between canvas effect and paint effect,

              between decoration and declaration,

            between the real and the imagined.

Belief that the artwork speaks for itself.

These works are my expressions, but also are collaborations, a synthesis between artist and object.