Sea Tangles by julia C R Gray Gail Titus | Surfing Madonna "Save the Ocean"

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Sea Tangles

Fiber art (ceiling installation), cotton fabric, seaweed cord, photograph transfers on fabric, cotton threads, beads, and copper. Seaweed cord is hand-knitted and the embroidery hand-stitched over seaweed photos. This fiber artwork is a collaboration by two artists who are both influenced by living near the Pacific Ocean. Tangle: complication, coil, mesh, mix-up, skein…descriptions that can be attributed to our art process. We see beautiful tangles of seaweed on our walks. Algae is vital to the health of the ocean. We also witness (and remove) entanglements of balloon ribbon and other plastic coiled into the seaweed strands. Choosing to not release helium balloons into the environment is one small act to protect sea life and prevent treacherous tangling.

julia C R Gray Gail Titus

3D (Fiber) 82 x 36 x 2 $3,000.00

Bio

Team Artists: Gail Titus and Julia C R Gray whose individual work is deeply influenced by their natural surroundings, living near the Pacific ocean. Gail Titus is an abstract painter who uses a variety of tools, brushes and techniques to explore and develop textures on canvas, sometimes adding fabric or handmade materials. Julia C R Gray, uses mid-fire clay to cast and sculpt torsos with hand-painted images using layered underglazes & oxides. Each artist exhibits their own paintings or sculptures in galleries, juried exhibitions and museums. Their artworks are sold nationally and internationally.