Amy McGregor-Radin
Artist Statement2011 Location #31
214 Gilson Road, Jaffrey Center
603-532-4714
My art comes out of the wide range of emotions that result from my full time work--that of being a mother, wife, and growing woman. Humor, love, anger, joy, pride, worry, frustration, pressure, fear, celebration, appreciation, introspection...the list continues to grow as I learn about myself through the process of making art.
Most recently, I have been creating white-line woodcuts, also known as Provincetown prints. When I go about my travels---daily or otherwise---I am often drawn to a scene, view of the horizon, or particular angle of an object. These are my favorite things to portray in woodcuts, in part, as a way of memorizing them for myself. This unique hand printing method gives me an outlet for expressing my appreciation for the world as I see it.
Over the last several years, I have also been experimenting with a wide range of materials: cut paper, acrylic paints, wood, canvas, found objects, threads, and photographs. With these, I have created a variety of constructions, wooden shadow boxes, prints, and paintings. These pieces often are the result of thoughts, phases, queries, or strong emotional reactions to life. I enjoy striving to express what I see or feel using a wide variety of material and skills I have picked up along the way.
These projects have all been completed while attending Creative Exploration Workshops with Mary Craig McLane in Waltham and Acton, Massachusetts, or at my home. I have studied the white line technique with Ruth Hogan, Willy Reddick, Christian Kozaki, and Kathryn Smith. I am a graduate of Michigan State University, and have an MBA from Boston University.
Biography Raised in Michigan, I headed East after college graduation and now consider myself a fully-rooted transplant. I first learned about the Monadnock area in high school through my brother Greg and have been drawn to it since then. My husband and I have had a home in Jaffrey for many years. Many of my prints are inspired by the scenes and surroundings--daily and otherwise-- of New Hampshire.