Claire Dibble

Artist Statement

Each of these mixed media works is a tiny love letter to Maine, to the rocky peninsula where I first learned what it is to belong to a place. I made them in my studio in British Columbia, pulling from an ongoing archive of photos I’ve taken while visiting my family, my original home. It is no accident that they are individual glimpses held together in a relational way, the colors and shapes holding them in conversation with one another. This is true to my experience of being on the coast, of being in community, of feeling connected even from afar. For a Mainer living many miles from Maine, there is a special magic in the embedded sense of home that I carry with me. It was formed in a million tiny moments through my childhood and it continues to be nourished each time I return.

Claire Dibble | Portland, OR

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