Danis Collett
silk painting & mixed media
Silk Columns
These are lightweight hanging art pieces.
The silk's translucence affords an ever-changing scene as
the dyed layers pass by each other while rotating in the
air or as you move around, changing your view.
Riffing on natural phenomena — geology, outer space,
water — I enjoy suggesting that things aren't as solid as
they seem — the underlying metaphysics.
I paint imagery onto silk gauze using dyes that allow the
silk to remain translucent and flowing. I also make opaque
objects of ceramics, wood, or other media to suspend inside.
The silk floats freely with the air, showing off the active
beauty of this medium.
Anasazi — whole, detail
Painted silk, lashed wood ladders
9'4" x 12" diameter
Kelp — whole, details
Painted silk, twine, rock
8'11" x 10" diameter
Galaxies — whole, detail
Painted silk, ceramic planets
8'8" x 16" diameter
Subterrain — whole, detail, looking up inside from the floor
Painted silk, ceramic "rocks"
9'4" x 12" diameter
Grove, 3-piece mobile — whole at Fitchburg Art Museum, multi-layered detail
Painted silk
8'2" x 5' wingspan Each panel rotates and revolves — with enough space between to walk through the grove.
Ring Rocks 1 — whole, detail.
Painted silk, ceramic "rocks"
7'6" x 9" diameter
Ring Rocks 2 — whole, detail. Ring Rocks 3 from beneath.
Painted silk, ceramic "rocks"
7' x 12" diameter