KELSEY LIMPERT
Fine Artist
The work an artist makes will often stem from individual experiences, whether it manifests through style, subject matter, or both. It is then up to the artist to decide how overtly or subtly these influences will be expressed. In August of 2019, I began experiencing sudden onset diplopia, or doubled vision. A few months later, I was diagnosed with a rare, albeit benign, cavernous sinus tumor. For many artists, vision is the most valuable sense we possess, and to grapple with my eyesight never being the same ever again was extremely challenging. The experiences I have gone through in the last year have transformed my body of work completely, and have allowed me to process all that has happened in such a short amount of time.
In turn, eyes have become a frequent symbol throughout my pieces. In order to express the uneasiness I have felt when trying to navigate everyday life with diplopia, I have paired eyes with symbols and styles derived from the Medieval and Northern Renaissance periods. I have achieved this through the use of traditional mediums, but embroidery has transcended my two-dimensional drawings in a way I never thought possible. Embroidery allows my work to take on a more mystical visual quality, giving myself a fanciful way to convey my experiences with others.
