“We who have grown up with books know they can be rich in drama, tragedy, comedy, and every possible aspect of human experience. This rich experience is coded into abstract, symbolic letterforms which do not change as we read the book. In that sense, whether a book is physically open or closed is unimportant, because the book only truly opens within our minds.
“In my work I use books to openly portray some part of human experience or emotion, transforming bound pages of abstract symbols into direct visual experience. I try to transform old books into new ones which require no 'decoding’, which are ‘open’ to a viewer at very first glance.”
– Judith’s statement for the Open Books exhibition, Whitestone Gallery
Guelph, Ontario, March 2012
Brown Bird
Book, Brownie camera, Viewmaster disk & found objects – 16 x 11 x 10" irreg.– 2012
Phrenology
Altered book on painted board, acrylics – 26.5 x 24" – 2012
How The West Was Won
Book parts, pencils, copper, acrylics, on bulletin board – 24.5 x 18.5" – 2012
Index
Map book, soles, leather, pencil, ink, on back of stretched canvas – 24.5 x 26.5" – 2012
Sir Bard
Book, paint brush, wood & found objects – 15 x 7 x 5" – 2012
Sequel
Book, willow branches – 27 x 25 x 13" irreg. – 2011
Cell 1
Book, nails, resin, willow branches – 8 x 6 x 5" irreg. – 2011
Shadow
Book, inks, tree roots – 11 x 8 x 5" irreg. – 2011 – in a private collection
Lilliputian Landscape
Book, fabric – 11 x 8 x 3" irreg. – 2005 – in a private collection
Alhambra
Book, wax, acrylics, printed circuits – 11 x 8 x 5" irreg. – 2005 – in a private collection
Quiet Implosion
Book, shotgun shells – 11 x 8 x 5" irreg. – 1998 – Artist’s Collection