Recently my husband and I tried a red wine called Little Black Dress. The title intriqued me as did the label with no sign of a dress - just the hanger. I have also been interested in the Spanish holiday Dia de Muertos or Day of the Dead. There is this belief in many cultures and religions where once a year communication exists between the living and the dead. As I have been exploring this concept along with the Catholic holiday, All Souls' Day, I have been working on a series of black slips that seem to morph into dresses as a continuation of my slip series. These small works are on (roughly) 10 x 10 inch square sheets of handmade paper that I get from Taos. It is luscious paper to work with. And the series continues to explore presence and absence.
