They arrived like fate

Abstract

Art in the western world is based on the premise of the individual artist as creative genius. This assumption proves to be problematic in that it ignores alternate methods of the expression of being and becoming. Through exploration of the media of printmaking, both historically, and situated in the context of the author's artwork, the isolated chamber of the individual artist is broken. Concepts such as multiplicity of image and labor bring into question the notion of art as a compartmentalized endeavor. Images of tourism and wildflowers serve as metaphors for an alternative to the fixed individual, replacing stasis with movement and isolation with connectedness. The result is a different way of viewing the labor of art, and alternate metaphors for our place in the world. Conclusively, art itself can help an individual see the part they play in something bigger than themselves.