Naples Depot Museum Presents
The 20th Century Seminole Experience: Artwork by Muffy Clark Gill
January 4, 2019 - April 27, 2019
Informed by this accumulated wealth of intriguing historic data, Muffy Clark Gill began to observe and question how the Native Americans utilized the transportation devices of the white man and adopted them for their own uses. She found the images showing Native Americans observing modern transportation while canoeing by in their primitive vehicles very ironic—the worry that a tribal elder riding in a blimp could be life threatening. The couple who bought a rundown car to get to their destination while driving through the swamps inspired her to explore more.
Muffy Clark Gill begins by selecting and appropriating images, text and patterns, fragmenting and repositioning them into a cohesive theme. She incorporates the traditional wax and dye resist process known as batik, transferring the images using the dye transfer process. The work is further enhanced by applying paint and inks by hand. Once the composition is complete, the lined panels are then sewn together. Influenced by traditional methods of painting on fabric, she begins to paint on silk or rayon in the style of the Japanese Kimono, which to her, has a strong correlation to the traditional Seminole man’s jacket; both cultures having rich history of intricate, colorful patterns in their traditional garments.
Naples Artist Muffy Clark Gill gave a demonstration of her unique creative art at the Naples Depot Museum, 1051 Fifth Avenue South, Naples FL, where she is exhibiting her Japanese Batik artworks through April 27, 2019.
Her techniques incorporate dyeing swaths of silks dappled with hot wax and vivid colors. At least forty women gathered tightly around her work table, fascinated with the unusual and complicated process Ms Gill has been teaching herself and others for years.
Beginning with her own photographs and the collection of postcards she gathers during her frequent travels for the images she wants to render, Muffy does not hesitate to use large canvasses and fabrics to expose her innovative ideas.
She has had exhibitions in many other Floridian places but this time she was thrilled to be at the Naples Depot, which many Neapolitans consider to be the Jewel of the five Collier County Museums with its perfect downtown location in the heart of the city.
Respectfully submitted by
Hélène Gaillet de Neergaard
Ambassador at Large
Friends of the Collier County Museums
The 20th Century Seminole Experience: Artwork by Muffy Clark Gill
January 4, 2019 - April 27, 2019
Informed by this accumulated wealth of intriguing historic data, Muffy Clark Gill began to observe and question how the Native Americans utilized the transportation devices of the white man and adopted them for their own uses. She found the images showing Native Americans observing modern transportation while canoeing by in their primitive vehicles very ironic—the worry that a tribal elder riding in a blimp could be life threatening. The couple who bought a rundown car to get to their destination while driving through the swamps inspired her to explore more.
Muffy Clark Gill begins by selecting and appropriating images, text and patterns, fragmenting and repositioning them into a cohesive theme. She incorporates the traditional wax and dye resist process known as batik, transferring the images using the dye transfer process. The work is further enhanced by applying paint and inks by hand. Once the composition is complete, the lined panels are then sewn together. Influenced by traditional methods of painting on fabric, she begins to paint on silk or rayon in the style of the Japanese Kimono, which to her, has a strong correlation to the traditional Seminole man’s jacket; both cultures having rich history of intricate, colorful patterns in their traditional garments.
Naples Artist Muffy Clark Gill gave a demonstration of her unique creative art at the Naples Depot Museum, 1051 Fifth Avenue South, Naples FL, where she is exhibiting her Japanese Batik artworks through April 27, 2019.
Her techniques incorporate dyeing swaths of silks dappled with hot wax and vivid colors. At least forty women gathered tightly around her work table, fascinated with the unusual and complicated process Ms Gill has been teaching herself and others for years.
Beginning with her own photographs and the collection of postcards she gathers during her frequent travels for the images she wants to render, Muffy does not hesitate to use large canvasses and fabrics to expose her innovative ideas.
She has had exhibitions in many other Floridian places but this time she was thrilled to be at the Naples Depot, which many Neapolitans consider to be the Jewel of the five Collier County Museums with its perfect downtown location in the heart of the city.
Respectfully submitted by
Hélène Gaillet de Neergaard
Ambassador at Large
Friends of the Collier County Museums
The five Collier county museums supported by the Foccm
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