Nov 7th witnessed the opening for a show at the Delaplaine Visual Arts and Education Center in Frederick, Maryland. It was real groovy, because not only was my work in it, but my whole family participated!
Don Dunsmore, my dad, exhibited his nature photography. Kit Dunsmore, my sister, hung her quilts and displayed her varying sculptures. And Jane Dunsmore, my mother, showed her ceramic sculptures.
The outstading efforts of all these family members created an unusual and vibrant show. We often consulted each other while creating the work, checking to see that we all had items that could hang well and relate to the other pieces. Don showed me a photo, and I caught a flame if inspiration, ran home and created a wall hanging from his image of a water lily. Jane made an owl, Don photographed and owl, and Kit made an owl wall hanging. Don received inspiration from the quilts headed for the show and created a quilt of his own, layering images in a photo quilt.
To name the show, with our diverse work, challenged the Family's creative skills. The title seemed to cover all. Despite our group tendancy toward portraiture of living creatures, human, animal or plant, the title allows for the healing and contemplative relationship each of us has to our own work. Spiritual also refers to the sometimes holy reverence we each have for nature's grandeur, and our attempts to capture this in camera, in fabric, in ceramic, in glass.
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