The metaphor of threshold threads through my work.  As a point of entry and departure, a threshold gives structure to spatial, temporal and spiritual transition. As the margin between two states, it inevitably juxtaposes elements, ideas, or conditions, revealing what is not necessarily evident on its own. As in a dream, boundaries are no longer subject to ordinary expectation. Here, the sacred meets the mundane, the absurd joins the poignant, the limits of time and space no longer matter, a vanishing point becomes visible.

My work involves interacting with familiar elements to find their correspondence in a greater reality. Patterns in perspective create distance; patterns in time create tradition. In abstract and foreign spaces I examine the meaning of home and homeland. Whether following the routes (and roots) of imagination or tradition, in mixed-media or photography, in a constructed or documented reality, my quest remains essentially the same.

Rose-Lynn Fisher 2001 

 

Mixed-media works on paper: selections from 1986-2003
acrylic, gold leaf, graphite, antique engravings,
handmade mexican bark paper


all images ©1986-2004 Rose-Lynn Fisher


Solstice of Convergent Wonder(s), 1995, 47x34"


The King's Marriage, 2002


Stages, 1991 22x47"


Essential Means, 1992, 47x94"


Another, 1995 33x28"


It takes more than time to see the wind, 1995


New World Order, 1991, 60x48"


Prelude, 1988, 32 x 40"


Where do you live? 1987