Nancy Wilkins

For twenty years I worked primarily as a printmaker and collage artist focused on creating two-dimensional abstract compositions that play with visual balance and motion. In the past few years, I have taken up welding—using scrap metal to create 3-D collages/assemblages. I appreciate the elemental qualities of working with metal and fire — and the rough physicality of the process.

It is my belief we’re all on a path, our soul’s journey. We participate, yet most of what we experience and do is beyond our control. The task of life is to open/surrender/enjoy/participate in this impermanent dance of life. I use shapes placed in relationship with each other to convey and play with this.