Laurel McMechan
MFA ’10 Fine Arts 2D
Our lives are tapestries of memory and experience, altered and repaired over time. This work is inspired by the warp and weft of memory and the present. Paint squeezed through woven netting is a metaphor for the way memory and experiences fuse together. The combination of fabric, ribbon, thread, plastic and paint creates a patchwork of pattern, texture and personal symbolism. Embedded references and codes include signal flags, camouflage designs and military ribbons.
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Laurel McMechan is a nationally exhibited artist working in Denver, Colorado. Informed by collage and cubist strategies, her process mixes abstraction and observation to create invented landscapes. Her work was recently exhibited at Spark Gallery in Denver and also resides in private and public collections, including the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Rhode Island School of Design and University of Richmond Museums. She currently teaches at the University of Denver.
