ARTIST STATEMENT
Over the last few years I have been exploring two series of work: Wisconsin horizons and frozen Lake Michigan. This is literally because of the locations of my two studios; one being in my 128 year old farm house in southern Wisconsin and the other is my little space across the street from Lake Michigan in Chicago.
I am now living in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I am living in the bone structure of this landscape and everything beneath it. These works are my daily journals rendering sky and dirt with wax + fire.
I want my viewer to experience something familiar and new, I want them to care for the earth as much as I do.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Selene Sepsey Plum earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996.
Until recently, her studio has been a 100 year old farm house in Green County, Wisconsin, where she spent the majority of her time working in wax and oil and growing herbs and flowers.
Selene also was a cooperative director of Las Manos Gallery in Andersonville, Chicago. This is a decade old gallery which shows established as well as emerging artists. Las Manos also serves as a community performance space; hosting discussions, dramatic monologues and panel discussions on topics such as reform and shows ranging from ruminations on birds to art from death row.
She has been working as a set designer and prop stylist for photography and national TV commercials for 20 years.
She owns a 100 year old firehouse in Chicago with her husband and partner, Timothy Plum. It has been renovated for use as a sound stage for film production and event space for weddings and corporate events.
© Selene Plum