Jul, 20, 2008
Performing Arts
Bellingham artist delves into her 'emotional landscapes'
COURTESY
Liliana Franz's oil painting "Unsheathed," is among the Bellingham artist's work on display at The Paperdoll in Fairhaven.
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ZOE FRALEY
THE BELLINGHAM HERALD
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Putting all her eggs in one basket isn't exactly appealing for Liliana Franz.
Instead the Bellingham artist invests her talent into all sorts of creative endeavors, some of which are now on display at Fairhaven boutique, The Paperdoll.
Franz, 28, talks to The Bellingham Herald via e-mail about staying diverse.
Question: Describe your art.
Answer: What I make ranges anywhere from oil paintings and drawings, fiber sculpture, wearable art, performance, installation and spatial accouterments. I think that mostly I am inspired by the wabi-sabi of the world and using the challenging parts about being alive as tools.
I work from the perspective of the inside of my body being as expansive as the universe, that there is no differentiation from my organs and my bones to the deep of the sea or gaseous nebulas or the plutonic rock of our own planet. So when I draw I'm thinking of all of these things existing within one dimension of time and space. I call these "emotional landscapes."
Q: What are your hopes for The Paperdoll show?
A: I wanted this show to be more of a collection of everything I do because it's The Paperdoll and they carry my wearable stuff anyway, because they're awesome.
Q: How do you work with such a variety of media?
A: I work in two different studios: one where I get messy for oil painting and dyeing fabrics, and another studio I use for working with fibers. This studio I need to be really organized so that I know what I have to work with. Painting and dyeing don't necessarily require a lot of materials. It is very unnatural for me to choose one medium. Perhaps mainly because it is important for me to articulate myself as accurately as possible.
