COLLABORATIVE STATEMENT
DEIRDRE IMUS
AS A PAINTER AND ARTIST I FEEL A "WANDERING OF THE SOUL" JUST HAPPENS.
AND ONE DAY JILL JUST WANDERED INTO MY LIFE.
WE WERE BOTH SETTING UP FOR OUR SHOWS ;
I WAS SHOWING MY PAINTINGS AND SHE HER EXQUISITE JEWELRY.
WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO TALK ABOUT HER JEWELRY PIECES, MY PAINTINGS AND HOW THEY SEEMED TO GO TOGETHER.. IN A SPIRITUAL KIND OF WAY.
OUR COLLABORATION BRINGS US HERE - INTO AN ARTISTS CREATION
THAT BEHOLDS HEALING, GRACE AND BEAUTY.
THE JEWELS REPRESENT THE EXTERIOR BEAUTY OF THE HORSE WHILE HIGHLIGHTING THEIR VULNERABILITY AND GRACE.
THE GEMSTONES SHE USED, COME FROM THE EARTH, JUST AS HORSES ARE ONE OF THE MOST GRACEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL OF EARTHBOUND CREATURES WE CAN EVER HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF EXPERIENCING.
MY HORSES ARE PAINTED FROM THE EMOTION I FEEL FROM EACH ONE, THEIR INTERNAL STATE IS THE ATTITUDE, EMOTION, REMNANT I SHARE - ALMOST AS AN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT HAPPENS WITH EACH PIECE I CREATE.
THE ADORNMENT OF THESE JEWELS FIXATES EACH HORSE INTO A "STATE OF GRACE."
MY DEEPEST PURPOSE IS TO TRANSCEND MY SUFFERING AND THROUGH MY ART, DO THIS FOR OTHERS.
I AM PROUD TO WORK WITH JILL. HER LEVEL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP, UNIQUE ORIGINALITY, AND THE BEAUTY SHE BRINGS TO EACH PIECE CONVEY A SPIRIT THAT I HAVE NOT WITNESSED BEFORE IN JEWELRY ART.
JILL GARBER
"WHEN DESTINY, OR THE RARE AND WONDERFUL SERENDIPITY OF LIFE BRINGS TWO VISIONARY ARTISTS TOGETHER, AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE UNIQUELY TALENTED WOMEN, MAGIC IS CREATED."
WHEN I MET DEIRDRE IMUS IN TEXAS FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT WAS AS IF WE HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER BEFORE. INSTANTIOUSLY, I KNEW WE WOULD BECOME FRIENDS. WAS IT ACCIDENTAL, OR DESTINY ? WE SHARE SO MANY OF THE SAME VALUES, FAITH, AND A DIVINE PASSION FOR CREATING OUR VERY PERSONAL FORMS OF ART.
HER VISUAL EXPRESSION OF THE COMPLEXITY OF LIFE AND EMOTIONS
THROUGH PAINTERLY IMAGES WHICH CAPTURE THE SOUL OF THE HORSE ARE DEEPLY FELT, ABSOLUTELY GENUINE AND RICHLY INSPIRED. EACH CANVAS SHE UNVEILED FOR ME TO SEE IN HER STUDION SPOKE DIRECTLY TO MY HEART.
I HAD NO FAVORITE, FOR MY FAVORITE WAS THE ARTIST HERSELF.
OUR FOUR PAINTING COLLABORATION CAME AS NATURALLY
AS OUR FRIENDSHIP.
FOR THIS I REMAIN GRATEFUL AND PROUD.
SURELY OUR ANGELS HAVE BEEN WATCHING OVER US.
