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Sharon Rubuliak


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Edmonton, AB
sharonru@telus.net

Artist Statement

I am fascinated by the endless possibilities for manipulating fibre to depict an image, evoke a mood, or make a statement. I enjoy seeing the colours, shapes and textures come together, and find it particularly rewarding when my art resonates with a viewer.

I work in two distinct styles in a conscious effort to explore both my abstract and orderly sides.  I create freeform tactile collages  starting with painted canvas and working intuitively with a variety of surface design techniques such as painting, stamping, layering, stitiching, beading and appliqué on these abstract pieces.  By way of contrast, I design and construct geometric pieces, often altering the rhythm and motion to portray a new equilibrium.

I  am inspired by experiences in my life – events, people and places, including the prairie parkland that surrounds me. I have experimented with numerous techniques and design skills learned from artists and quilters from Canada, the U.S. and Britain.

 

 


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Dissimilation
15.5" x 25.5"- © 2005 - $270.00

This piece is a study of balance using line, shape and colour accented with fabrics and decorative stitching.

Painted canvas, commercial cottons, hand stitched with silk floss

 


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Floating
26.5" x 15"- © 2005 - $270.00

This study of line and shape features three monolithic structures floating before a painted background amidst layered streams of beads and rock chips.

Painted canvas, hand embellished with cotton and silk fabrics, beads, rocks, cotton floss

 


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Happy Endings
24" x 38"- © 2004 - $430.00

A tone-on-tone study inspired by the textural quality of the loosely woven fabrics. The fibres are further emphasized by exposed seam allowances, couched threads and raw edges.

Upholstery fabrics machine-sewn with raw edges, machine quilted and embellished with couched cotton threads

 


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Windows to Our Hearts
25" x 25"- © 2004 - $280.00

This piece was created in response to a horrific massacre during the war in Iraq. Despite our cultural and racial differences, we are all human beings with hopes and dreams and hearts and minds, struggling to learn how we should live.

Layered squares of commercial cottons; shisha mirrors hand fastened and embroidered with cotton and rayon floss; machine quilted with variegated rayon threads

 

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