It's Showtime - - Continued

Mussels, 2019 By ERSwett

My first solo show opens in 11 days.
What is the story I want to tell?

Grapefruit & Snow, 2019 By ERSwett

Is it about the cool colors,
textures and shapes of my Compost Compositions?
​Yes.

Shredded Paper, 2018 By ERSwett

Is it about the stories
those Compositions tell about
food, culture and the regenerative
power of waste?
​Yes.

Emerging

And
​there is more.
Behind these photographs
there is me, a woman in mid life
choosing to share her work
and, by default, her
story - - 

2 Degrees, The Tear 2018 By ERSwett

 A story that
begins with a beginners
mind - - a willingness to explore
not just content that most 
ignore, but process
as well. 

2 Degrees, 2018 By ERSwett

Perhaps
that is why last year I had
so much fun dismantling and composting
my Harvard and UVA Degrees.
​Why not explore? 

Maidenhair Fern on Silk Dress, 2019 By ERSwett

Or, perhaps
that is why I am OK
sharing my first attempt at decorating
a silk dress with embroidered
imagery of my own
design.

Maidenhair Fern (Wool on Silk), 2019 By ERSwett

Now
​that it is Show Time
the connections between these
experiments becomes
clearer. 

Shadowed Self, 2019 By ERSwett

In a world filled with fear,
I am no longer afraid to reframe my
relationship to garbage or
to myself.

Self Portrait, 2019

To learn more,
you'll have to come to 
​the show. The opening is October 11
at AVA Gallery in Lebanon, NH. My Artist's Talk
is November 1 at 5pm, also at AVA Gallery.
Or, you can just keep reading this
blog. More will be
revealed, I'm
​sure.