Reveal by Leslie Fry

Based in Vermont, USA

Reveal, Ink on vintage tablecloth, 2020, 52 x 47

Reveal is from my series of ink-wash drawings on vintage tablecloths, handkerchiefs, and napkins (three additional images are included from the series). As free-hanging pieces, these linens still maintain their identities as utilitarian objects from a traditionally domestic female world.

Hands, a long-time focus of my art, stand in for the self in my sculptures and drawings. Meanings change as the hands gesture release, acceptance, and other associated states of being. I have a ritual during hard times. I stand by the Winooski River (where I live in Vermont) looking downstream and focus on letting difficulties flow away. Then I face upstream and focus on opening up to receive the future.

My love for theatre, puppetry, drapery, and mystery is reflected in the composition of Reveal.

Caravaggio, Center Stage, Handling, by Leslie Fry