Journey To Softness

entered private collection in June 2019

Beauty Emotion Spirit Soul exhibition was extended until May 3

Beauty Emotion Spirit Soul    found fabrics, applique, embroidery, hand stitch  49" x 49"   2019   Judy Martin

Thank you Cristina Masotti, owner of One Sky gallery.
Shown here, one of the pieces that sold from the exhibition. 

Beauty Emotion Spirit Soul

Left to right:  Paradise Meditation II,  Your Vulnerability Connects You to  the Rest of the Suffering World, Time Passes Over The Earth (velvet) , Paradise Meditation I, Bid Well (the quilt) and Journey To Softness

An important thing about the work in this exhibition
is the simplicity of it.
Finnish composer Jean Sibelius said:
‘avoid the use of unnecessary notes'

in window All Things Can Be Mended and How Much I Tried Not To Worry 

Traditionally, circles mean the self
yet they also symbolize so much beyond the self.

from left to right  Monumental Simplicity, Bid Well, Journey To Softness, Be Emptier, the reverse side of Lake (quilt)  and Beauty Emotion Spirit Soul

The sun moon stars earth planets, these are all circles.
The air…what shape is air?

the reverse side of How Much I Tried Not To Worry

The textiles and framed pieces in this exhibition
are things that if you want to you could own.
One Sky Gallery is a commercial space. 

Bid Well, Journey to Softness, Be Emptier, You Will be Softer, Love Yourself, The reverse side of My Open Heart

Loved objects are important for humans.
Poet Joseph Brodsky said that
“our artefacts tell more about ourselves than our confessions”

Lake and Monumental Simplicity

The world is whirling out of control

but these squares marked with circles and crosses and dots

and loved with the artist's repetitive caress
hold us safe. 

The exhibition is on view at One Sky gallery, downtown Sudbury Ontario Canada 

until April 30 2019.
EXTENDED until May 3 xo

Beauty Emotion Spirit Soul opens April 5

Judy Martin's solo exhibition at One Sky Gallery in Sudbury Ontario opens April 5
Reception/meet the artist:   7 - 9 pm

The exhibition consists of textiles and framed stitched pieces.  The textiles have been hung from the ceiling which gives them a sculptural quality.  They are at eye level with space all around and one can move all around the work.   Some of them move in the slightest breeze, which adds a spiritual quality to the space.

Judy Martin works in a minimalist style, if it is possible to do so with the lush textures that cloth and stitch give.  Her favourite shapes are the cross/plus sign, the circle within a square, and dots, most often in grids.   The artist's use of such simple marks, and her quiet palette, give the exhibition on a whole a feeling of positive serenity.

18 pieces are in the exhibition.

Lake
Bid Well
My Open Heart
Memory of Wikwemikong
Time Passes Over the Earth
How Much I Tried Not To Worry
Beauty Emotion Spirit Soul
Monumental Simplicity
Paradise Meditation I
Paradise Meditation II
Love Yourself
I Will Always Carry You
Growing is What Life is For
Your Vulnerability Connects You To The Rest of the Suffering World
Be Emptier
Journey to Softness
All Things Can Be Mended
You Will Be Softer

One Sky Gallery in Sudbury

Paradise meditation one, antique damask, acrylic paint, hand stitch mounted on paper, framed under glass, 20" square in the frame

 Paradise meditation two, antique damask, cotton, hand stitch, mounted on paper, framed under glass, 20 inches square in the frame

Emily Carr Visited Me  37 " x 82"  painted and embroidered rayon, hand pieced cotton quilt

These three pieces are now on view at One Sky Gallery, downtown Sudbury.
125 Durham street   705 222 1759