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Kerry McFall — fiber

Artist Statement for “Where Mockingbirds Dream” for "Where Birds Dream" Exhibit and Silent Auction, Winter 2010

(Fantasy Birdhouse, textile on wire frame (not suitable for outdoor use)

Who can resist peeking into a birdhouse?  If you’re lucky (and very quiet), you find beaky  little heads that seem to split in half as they open ever so wide for food. Sometimes you find fairies – no, seriously!  Sometimes you only find tiny feathers… and bird poop…  

I remember listening with my children to our local mockingbird as it perched on our Atlanta chimney. Mockingbirds seem to burst with music, for no apparent reason other than the love of singing.  A mockingbird’s musical range is truly a wonder to behold.

We never did see where mockingbird’s dream when we lived in Georgia (they’re very private at night, and to tell the truth, they tend to avoid human-built birdhouses), but if this house was tucked into a sweet gum tree, or perhaps a low holly bush, what mockingbird family could resist those warm, downy quilts?

What you see here when you peek in shows my colored pencil drawing of the sleeping quarters of the Tullie Smith house, built circa 1840, located on the grounds of the Atlanta Historical Society.  Wait – is that a fairy nightgown?!  

Artist’s Biography

Kerry McFall is an award winning artist active in the arts community in Corvallis, exhibiting, creating and teaching textile arts throughout the Willamette Valley.  She has been a member of the roster of Artists in Education, Arts in Healthcare, and has taught Globetrotting Art through the Corvallis Arts Center. 

She is currently a member of the Oregon Arts Alliance, Loosely Bound, and Call & Response.

Kerry specializes in adapting her original paintings and drawings to limited edition textile prints, often using satellite imagery and focusing on wildlife.  Recent work will be available for sale at the Giustina Gallery in Corvallis during November and December, 2010.  You can also find some of her work at www.gallerynouveau.biz, a combination online gallery/blog.

Visit Kerry McFall's website.