Borders & Boundaries Portfolio — HEATHER STIVISON

Borders and Boundaries

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Graphite Drawings

"Other" 20 x 30 inches, graphite on archival paper

"Not My Problem" 20 x 30 inches, graphite on archival paper

"Landscape of Fear" 20 x 30 inches, graphite on archival paper

"No Way Out" 20 x 30 inches, graphite on archival paper

Charcoal on Wood

"Traces" 49 x 33 inches, charcoal and chalk on reclaimed wood

"Strangers in a New Land" 55x 33 inches, charcoal, chalk, barbed wire on reclaimed wood

Oil Painting

Oil Sketch: Her Inheritance. 48x97 inches. Oil on Raw Canvas. Unframed

War Drawings

"Where Sabbath Once Was Sweet" 22× 16, Ink, Pencil, Acrylic, on archival paper and Mylar

"Collateral Damage" 22× 16, Ink, Pencil, Acrylic, on archival paper and Mylar

"If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?" 22× 16, Ink, Pencil, Acrylic, on archival paper and Mylar

"Out of Sight, Out of Mind" 22× 16, Ink, Pencil, Acrylic, on archival paper and Mylar

Click below to hear Colin Bell read his poem,
“Aleppo” written in response to the drawing
”Collateral Damage”

Textile Works

Long Hours, Hard Work, 1920
17.5 x 24 x 1.5 inches. Cotton threads stitched on linen blend fabric, polyester batting, ink, needles, pins,
and historic immigration ephemera reprinted on cloth.

Out of Reach
30x24 inches. Cotton threads on linen blend fabric printed with digitally altered photographs, metal rabbit fencing, wood, battered glass and metal jewelry case, metal chains, and old metal keys.

Artist Statements on Borders and Boundaries

Installation Views

Six drawings of fences (Copy) (Copy)

Six drawings of fences (Copy) (Copy)

Four drawings from the Ukraine Series (Copy) (Copy)

Four drawings from the Ukraine Series (Copy) (Copy)

Graphite drawings of barriers (Copy) (Copy)

Graphite drawings of barriers (Copy) (Copy)

Oil Sketch (Copy) (Copy)

Oil Sketch (Copy) (Copy)

Textile and metal object works (Copy) (Copy)

Textile and metal object works (Copy) (Copy)

Opening night (Copy) (Copy)

Opening night (Copy) (Copy)

Opening night (Copy) (Copy)

Opening night (Copy) (Copy)

Six drawings of fences (Copy) (Copy)

Four drawings from the Ukraine Series (Copy) (Copy)

Graphite drawings of barriers (Copy) (Copy)

Oil Sketch (Copy) (Copy)

Textile and metal object works (Copy) (Copy)

Opening night (Copy) (Copy)

Opening night (Copy) (Copy)