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Friday Favorite: Leila Daw

7/29/2011

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Flow
This Friday’s Feature artist is Leila Daw!
I especially love her stick maps (because of my interest in Marshall Islands stick charts) and her map icons!

I had even entitled one of my own paintings Flow before discovering the work of Leila Daw!

From her artist statement:
I am fascinated by mapping, as a way of representing the convergence of place and movement, as a means of imposing human ideas over the contours of the natural world, as a system of filters through which we see the landscape.  
We try to exert control over our environment by mapping, and think we're not lost if we can pinpoint our location on a map. But mapping is subjective: how do we know where we are, when what we're looking for determines what we see? Culture transforms not only the sites we inhabit, but the ways in which we see those sites. We change the land by the ways we occupy it, but the land in turn changes us, so we know longer know which way we're going, which is past and which future, or how to get from here to where we think we belong.

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Royal Stick Map
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Stick Map - Land and Sea
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6 map icons, mixed media on wood, each 8.5 x 8.5 inches
To find out more about Leila Daw, visit her website!

You can read more about Marshall Islands stick charts here.

TGIF!
Mary
7 Comments
Maggie Flatley link
7/29/2011 12:24:57 am

Awesome colors, nice feature.

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Ana, Weird Amiga link
7/29/2011 12:48:44 am

As someone with a terrible sense of direction, I find the stick maps ingenuous and fascinating!

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Trina (Trina's Clay Creations) link
7/29/2011 12:49:36 am

Thank you for sharing Leila's artwork! So unique and interesting!

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Zenobia link
7/29/2011 07:48:09 pm

Great choice, as usual, Mary! Fascinating pieces here, it always amazes me to see your blog update and see yet another creative take on the theme of 'maps' which I have always loved, but had never taken in such crazy (in a good way) directions (no pun intended).

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Beth link
7/29/2011 11:50:10 pm

Hi Mary,
Thanks bunches for stopping by my blog and taking the time to leave me a comment! I just love new friends and especially when I get a comment:D
I have been to your blog many times and love your unique art!
Hugs and enjoy your weekend,
Beth P

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sue link
7/30/2011 03:31:03 pm

Hi
thanks for following me. Love your blog! will be back to visit again

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lulu link
7/31/2011 05:08:18 am

I love seeing the creative efforts of so many different artists. Maps happen to be among my favorite elements, especially in collage, so I thoroughly enjoyed your sharing Leila's work.
Thanks, too, for your visit. Do come again.

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