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Thomas' works often explore themes of identity and history. She is inspired by history, folklore, spirituality and her family's Southern roots. She created Divine from rolled color lithograph cut and collaged overlaid with intricate razor cut black paper.Label
The artist wants the viewer to complete the sentence, to interpret the art based on their own experience. The artist came to cut work after a glass residency, at Tacoma Glass Museum. The cut work brings light into the image.Label
"Hand rolled letter press color cut and collaged overlaid with razor (exacto-knife) cut
black paper. Divine: of, relating to, or coming directly from God or a god
In each of us there is the everyday, ordinary, work-a-day person; one who may rise
early to till the field, clean the stable, prepare the table, and guard the children, and who
becomes, when required, the same person who garners the forces, protects the hearth,
or attends the ball in a flourish and beauty to reveal all that is required of the truly
divine. I look for that quality in my subjects and strive to reveal the divine in what
otherwise may seem corporeal or mundane.
lnye Wokoma, Seattle based artist and photographer, was my inspirational subject for
Divine. He graciously allowed me to use his likeness, in my quest to reveal what is true
in the best among us. He was the SAM guest curator for the renovated American art galleries.
note: This piece was originally created for Packaged Black, at the Henry Gallery
2021-22 a collaborative exhibit with New York based artist, Derrick Adams."