I work in many different media, clay, paper, glass, wood, metal, as I choose my medium according to the subject matter and what is on hand. “Revisiting O’Keeffe” was created after another visit to New Mexico, following her trail from Santa Fe to Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, and Taos. Zooming in on the lily flower, not unlike O’Keefe, allows both, the artist as well as the viewer to explore its core. Although an abstracted rendering of the subject matter, the curved delineations and the raised paper corners mimic the petal quality of the flower. Pastel colors were chosen to allude to the fading beauty of all flowers while the embossed relief texture adds to the dimension of the bloom.
Dr. Susann Moeller, Vice President of the Ohio Poetry Association (OPA) and Chancellor of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS) is an award-winning bi-lingual poet and editor of the Eco-Poetry Anthologies Open Earth I, II, III. She is also an accomplished visual and performance artist who loves to paint, write, and dance in the “plotting shed” of her garden turned Urban Wildlife Sanctuary. As an Artist and Master Gardener, she believes that art and nature are inseparable and exist in reciprocity, so her work has been deemed “Visual Poetry.” She gives back to the community by donating her talents to various social justice causes, as well as environmental and animals rights organizations and has volunteered for Art For Life for twenty years.