Nette Forné Thomas

This portfolio shows images with a wide range of techniques, media and subjects. It includes paintings, collage, and mixed media using found objects, scraper board and print forms

Female portraits are portrayed with some lace designs created by detailed graphite renderings or by incising painted and inked clay board surfaces. The constructed lace designs are embedded with male and/or embryonic figures.

Artwork consisting of more than two dimensions. Existing as a projection from the display surface or as an integral component of an installation. May also be an individual piece viewed from more than one angle.

Original simulations of vintage photographs and actual incorporations of vintage reproductions evoke the aura of the past. An effect also enhanced by the visual creation of the tactile sense of lace through the use of incising techniques. The vintage framing completes the ambiance and functions as an integral component of the piece.

A series of works portraying the idealized female figure pulling against a resistant force or object. The duality of evident strength uncharacteristically coupled with this form embodies the duality inherent in the concept of the "super woman" of the feminine mystique.

Alluding to the phrase, "Lace Doilies and Paper Dolls" which is evocative of femininity, these pieces illustrate the aspects often associated with womanhood. The icons, symbols and figures incorporated in designs of lace-like textures define these concepts.