The Mississippi Delta
Line, pattern, shape, and repetition are concepts that guide my investigation into the space between things and where things meet: where one thing becomes another, where things shift along a line, the horizon, the negative space between elements on a page, and the pairing of shapes. For me, these are ways to experience expansiveness, tension, and balance. The endless horizon line on the flat plane of the Mississippi Delta shaped my visual language from an early age and attempting to capture that elusive sense of place is a persistent goal.
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Eileen is a Senior Lecturer in Printmaking and Book Arts at the University of Georgia and a former resident artist at Penland School of Craft. She has taught workshops at Penland, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and at other venues across the country. Eileen is a co-director emeritus of the Paper & Book Intensive (PBI) and has been a board member of Hand Papermaking Magazine. She curated the book Masters: Book Arts published by Lark Books in 2011.