Artist: Susan Clark
Title: Voyage to the Red River 1821
Attribution: Voyage to the Red River 1821, 2023, Susan M. Clark
Year: 2023
Materials: Screen printed hand painted silk sewn on damask tablecloth with appliqué.
Dimensions: 68" x 68" x .5"
Image Statement: My use of a repurposed, once-treasured tablecloth, with its own material history, references the spectre of starvation and predators during the early years of remote western settlement and also pays homage to women's craft.