Morning, Between Now and a Dreamscape

by Chloe Allred

“I find myself seeking liminal space: between many art forms and mediums, between poetry and painting, between macro and micro, between reality and invention. My paint flows between hard and soft edges, thick and thin paint, blended and rough textures. The soundtrack to my meditation is the scratch of an etching needle on an intaglio plate, or the sound of my carving tools being sharpened before I begin a new block. My curiosity as an artist branches into many different mediums and I embrace that. The transformative power of imagination is at the heart of my work. Art-making has helped me to better understand myself, to explore my own stories, and to put my experiences of trauma into a new context. It has helped me to heal. In the space of paper or canvas and with ink, paint, or pen the things that have hurt me become manageable. In that space I have the power to transform, to exorcise pigment into something new.”