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Works

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These are a set of small 12 inch by 12 inch acrylic and collaged images on maisonette. After spending a few years making large works on canvas these small works are vignettes of the consist themes of my work. These include women in the world, beauty, body image and self image projection.

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Artist’s Statement Quilts - Jamie Murphy Hlynsky

The pieces in this series are the culmination of several years work. Each collage takes the form of a quilt. The quilt idea brings with it many associations. Domesticity, tradition, loving handwork, and a practical outlet for a woman's creativity. Jamie Hlynsky has made the decision to make these quilts out of paper. This essentially removes their functionality and their traditional material value. This gesture has eliminated the "reward" of use, and preciousness of heirloom and instead emphasizes the act of making the objects themselves. This act of making is both contemplative and meditative. For example in the making of the "labors of love" quilt, she chose to sew the quilt completely by hand, white thread on white paper towel. Each stitch represents the countless number of repeated and invisible tasks a mother and homemaker performs day after day for the comfort of her family. The series as a whole reflects upon the significance of the emotional, cultural and at times political stages in a woman's life from girlhood to Middle Age.

Biography Jamie Murphy Hlynsky

Jamie Murphy Hlynsky was born in Plymouth Massachusetts in 1952. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1974 where she majored in painting. Since that time she has traveled extensively in Europe and Asia and spent a year living in the Philippines. During this time she worked professionally as a free-lance Illustrator and prop maker. In 1980 she had a son and made the decision to stay at home with him while maintaining a small studio. The experience of motherhood and childrearing has had a profound influence on the content and nature of her recent works.