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Self portrait embroidery

Updated: Mar 24, 2024

Since a strong allergy to synthetic preservatives kept me out of painting, I focused on embroidery and weaving, along with colored pencils. This self portrait embroidery depicts my love for painting spaces from many countries, inspired by landscapes of France in the background and my garden in the USA with orange lilies and dahlias. Painting is often used to record an event, but there are stronger possibilities in mapping the world and our internal landmarks.


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Explore a diverse portfolio of work that moves between abstraction and observation. Each series examines layering, transparency, and the interplay of control and chance — qualities inherent to watercolor and multiple exposure photography alike.

From the monumental accumulations in Removal (2019) to the recent poem-guided abstract watercolors, the pieces reflect an ongoing investigation into presence, memory, and the unpredictable nature of materials.

Fleur Thesmar — Boston contemporary artist.

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