Genre
Mixed – Media Collage

Technique/Media Used
Gouache, layered papers, hand-cut inkjet prints and Amate fibers on canvas

Date Created
12/01/2020

Dimensions
60″x60″x1.5″

About the Piece

‘Containment Landscape 29, Kilohana’ is based on photographs I took at the Pu’u La’au ranger cabin on the leeward slopes of Mauna Kea on Hawai’i Island. The cabins and water tank are just north of the Palila Forest Discovery Trail, one of the last homes to endangered native birds such as the Palila and ‘Elepaio as well as to a variety of native plants, such as Māmane and Naio are that pictured in this artwork. The collages I create are reconstructed landscapes based on an energetic or spiritual interpretation of a place, rather than an exact depiction.’Containment Landscape Series’

About the Artist

Margo Ray is a visual artist who engages in printmaking, collage and installation. She holds an MFA from Concordia University in Montrèal, Quebec and a BA in Studio Arts from University of Hawai’i at Hilo. She was raised on Hawai’i Island and has had the opportunity to travel internationally throughout her life. Her works have been exhibited in venues such as The Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center (Honolulu, HI), The Schaefer International Gallery (Kahului, HI), Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA) and most recently at The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (Lancaster, CA).

Margo’s studio is in the upcountry town of Waimea on Hawai’i Island where she lives with her husband and their two children. She is the co -owner of Island Eclectic, an art handling and design business.