Gail Severn Show

This Saturday is the opening for my show out at the Gail Severn Gallery in Ketchum, Idaho. My girlfriend and I are taking a road trip out there and I'm so excited! The countryside is beautiful there and the people most friendly.

The show is of my series of dresses and entitled "Dream Lessons". All of the pieces inspired by my four years of participating in my women's dream circle, where we explore our night time dreams. For a preview: www.gailseverngallery.com/index.php/component/gailsevern/view/artist/id/731

"Come Nightfall She Enters the Kingdom of Dream"
Mixed media on panel
36x24"

Artist Statement

Four years ago I started meeting once a month with six other women to explore our night-time dreams. It terrified me at first, the idea of  bringing the dark unknown lurking in my nights out into the light.

Yet slowly, over the years, I came to trust the process and the fear was replaced by curiosity. It became clear that these dreams, both mine and theirs, were a gold mine of awakenings and guidance.

Soon, unconsciously and consciously, these dream lessons started entering into my artwork. A slow trickle at first and then, this last year, a tidal wave. It manifested in the form of dress photocollages,  a direct response to the amazing feminine strength, intuition and  courage I witnessed in my fellow dreamers.

Sometimes I am inspired by a complete vivid dream, sometimes only a fragment; but what always comes to the artwork is a small awakening  that puts me just a little step closer to understanding my place in  this world. -   Morgan Brig

Upcoming Show

This June I have a show at Patricia Rovzar in tandem with Joyce Gehl, an amazing encaustic artist. Here are a few pieces of mine going into the show...

"Karuna"
Copper, enamel, brass, pewter, mixed media

"Sitting Here Risking Being More Me"
Copper, enamel, brass, raku, mixed media

"Night Flight"
Copper, enamel, brass, ceramic, mixed media

Copper Toy Train

My ongoing fascination with wheeled pieces.

"Driving Passion"
Copper, brass, glass, dried roses, aluminum, mixed media
10x12x3"

Poppy seed pods

I love poppy seed pods. They're perfect little seed dispensers, but more than that, for me they are a symbol of illusion (due to their association with opiates).

It is amazing to me that how I perceive how my day is going is directly related to my mood, which is directly related to the noise going on in my head, which is directly related to my hourly illusion of good, bad or indifferent. So it makes all the sense in the world to change that illusion to something very upbeat and enticing, right? Well, there is the challenge in a nutshell for me!

"Into the World of Dreams"
Etched copper,  brass, aluminum, pewter, enamel, mixed media
12x6x4"

Your Elusive Creative Genius

This talk by Elizabeth Gilbert about coming to the page daily and being open to one's own creative genius is so very very true for me.

A Transformation

About 3 years ago I made a figurative piece called "Up, Up & Away".

It was never one of my favorites. So yesterday I took pieces apart, turned things around, edited and added parts. I like doing this kind of thing. My partner, Ken, calls it the 'Morgan Brig Organ Donor Program'. 

So afterwards the airplane below appeared. The new title is "Inner Voice Navigational System". Inside the plane body hangs a small tube that holds a piece of acetate with writing on it. I like the piece a whole lot better now.

Plan B

There have been a multitude of decorative Christmas brass horns lately at the local second hand store. Some are straight and some have a french horn curly-cue to them. I love them!

I also have many projects that take a turn mid-stream and go into a "plan B" mode. So here's the combo: Plan B meets decorative curly brass horns (and straight ones). It's titled "The Brewing of Plan B".

"The Brewing of Plan B"
Copper, brass, glass, enamel, fishing lure float, mixed media
29 x 12 x 5"

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