Artist Statement:

The mirror-image approach allows me to let the acrylic ink go in the direction it chooses without my controlling the result.  The image sets its own boundaries—I like the crisp demarcation lines against the white space—and if something reveals itself, I take it from there.  This process allows me to be open to wonder because there are dimensions beyond what I could predict.  This results in a surprise for me and hopefully the observer.

Visual artist and poet Carmen Germain is the author of three poetry collections. Poems, paintings, and works on paper have appeared in various journals, including Poet Lore, The Madison Review, and Invisible City. She has degrees from the University of California at Santa Cruz and the University of British Columbia and has been a visiting artist/scholar at the American Academy in Rome. She lives near the Salish Sea in Washington State.