The fabric is for Fence/Curtain 2.0, the temporary outdoor art installation I'm making for the Boston Center for the Arts. I have to cut holes out of 2 more pieces of similarly printed fabric, and one 8' piece. I'll have 1749 holes, plus the holes from two other pieces of fabric which I've already cut 110 holes from each. When I'm finished I'll have 1969 holes to use in a new, yet to be determined, project. Thank goodness for interesting programming on WBUR, my local NPR station! That really keeps me going. listen to interesting radio, while I'm doing a boring repetitive task. Please save the date of Friday July 13th at 6pm, and join me in introducing you to this new installation at the Opening at the Boston Center for the Arts. installation will be on exhibit from July 13 - October 31, 2012. So far, my favorite thread piece is the one I made in April. I'll work with white fabric for the FencesOr maybe I'll do a group on white and then another on black?

I'm not sure yet. 12 x 12 x 12 monthly series are mixed media on 12" x 12" x 1"If you want to know more about this series, you can read past posts about it here on my blog, or see all of the completed work on my website. Fence/Curtain 2.0temporary public art installation for the Boston Center for the Arts. In the past 10 days, I've monoprinted the textures of construction fences on 88' of fabric, for Fence/Curtain 2.0, my temporary public outdoor art installation at the Boston Center for the Arts. Five are 16' long and one is 8'. I still have three more 8' pieces to print. Now that I have the two main 16' panels just about painted, I made these sketches to see how the main section of Fence/Curtain 2.0 will look on site at the Boston Center for the Arts. are not real pictures! They're photoshopped to help me as I continue to work on I have more fabric to print and paint this week, but I've made really good progress so far.

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: Lois Dodd The New York Times: ART IN REVIEW- Lois Dodd "Small Paintings"The New York Observer: A Commuter's Paradise Nudes in a Maine Garden The New York Observer: Painter Lois Dodd, Overlooked by Era, Finally is FêtedThe New York Times: Lois Dodd, Windows and Doorways: Paintings of Three DecadesThe New York Observer: Painter Freilicher Curates and Hangs in the Artist's EyeEssays and InterviewsPainting Perceptions: Conversation with Lois DoddThe Brooklyn Rail:  Lois Dodd with John YauJohn Goodrich: Lois Dodd-Second Street PaintingsEllen Robinson: Interview with Lois DoddAlison Ferris: Four Seasons in Maine- Lois Dodd's Small Plein-Air PaintingsJohn Yau: The Examined LifeDeborah Weisgall: Knowing a PlaceJennifer Samet: Interview With Lois DoddAmerican painter Lois Dodd began her career in New York during the postwar art scene and was the only female founding member of Tanager Gallery, one of the 10th Street Cooperatives. During the summers, Dodd migrated to mid-coast Maine along with her many of contemporaries, including Alex Katz and Neil Welliver, to create work inspired by the rich character and natural beauty of the region.