Drawings, prints, artist's books, ravens

Phone: 575-581-4780
E-mail: jlwagner333@windstream.net
Mailing address: P. O. Box 758 El Rito, NM 87530

ARTIST STATEMENT
I grew up roaming the woods of the northeast, collecting bugs, leaves and flowers. I have always loved drawing what I see on my walks and translating them to my art works. I still often return home with wasp’s or bird’s nests, seed pods, abandoned shells of cicadas or other bugs.

Then, in my studio, I make paper sculpture and artist’s books using my drawings, images of natural forms, scientific diagrams, and maps. I do oil transfer drawings on handmade Japanese paper, tear the pages into small pieces, which I then glue up to make vessel forms and book pages. I am exploring metamorphosis, patterns of growth and decay, and “maps” of the natural world.

ARTIST’S BIOGRAPHY:
I was born in Wisconsin and grew up on the east coast. After earning a BA in Studio Art from Oberlin College and a MFA in Sculpture from the
Rhode Island School of Design, I worked in New York City for 5 years. I moved to northern New Mexico in 1972 where I have lived and worked ever since. My work is in private and public collections in the United States and Europe.