Judith Roderick attended Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a Painting and Design Major and graduated from University of Michigan in Design. She moved to Alamogordo, NM, in the mid 60’s with her spouse, where she oil painted until pregnancy, and then worked as a Batik artist while raising children and moving around the country. Returning to N.M. in the mid 70’s, the Wearable Art movement was just beginning, so she started creating Clothing-as-Art, first in Batik and later in Silk Painting. She was an award-winning fiber artist who exhibited far and wide, in many local and National Shows, Fairs and Galleries. She owned Village Wools for a 10 year period, and taught a multitude of people to silk paint from there, from her studios, and from Ghost Ranch in Northern New Mexico. Moving to Placitas in 1998, she tapered out of the Art Scene, closed her studio in town in 2002, and has semi-retired into a slower, more meditative life. Click on an image to enlarge. Use your browser's back button to return. |
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Visit her on PlacitasArtists.com
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"Hawk" |
"Whooper" |
"Two Magpies"
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©Judith Roderick-All rights reserved |
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"Sandhill Cranes" |
"Owls" |
"Sandhill Wingspread" |
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“I know the medium of Silk Painting quite well by now, and it still pleases me to see how the dye flows on the fabric, the luminous colors, the spontaneous textures created by the salt. My focus is on Nature. My current work has been called Avian Portraiture, as I capture the beauty and diversity of the Bird Kingdoms on silk; from the common, carefully observed birds out my window and in my everyday life, to the endangered species that I have traveled far to see. From wearable silk scarves to elaborate silk quilts embellished with antique buttons, my work celebrates the delight and wonder of the natural world. It is my hope and intention that these birds and their habitats will still be here for my Grandchildren’s Grandchildren to observe and enjoy.” |
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