KRISHANNA SPENCER VISUAL & LITERARY ARTIST ART INFORMATION SHEET Biography After becoming disabled by a spinal cord injury in 1998, I began creating collages again after years of focusing on writing. I created them in private and threw many away before realizing that they may actually have some merit. Eventually I began to incorporate rubber stamp art and various other techniques and styles into my collage painting and assemblages. Statement When people ask me, "What kind of art do you do?" I never quite know how to adequately answer this question because my work is varied and eclectic. For me, art and writing are not products; but a way of life. Creativity is akin to learning to see, as if for the very first time, it is the essence that lives and reverberates within everything. It is a miraculous resonance that can be heard and felt, a subtle magical force that is often born of trust, intuition, dreams and action. My hope is to create a connection between this resonance and those who 'hear' it too. I am inspired by the things that are old, torn, tattered, replaced and cast aside; things that never fall apart, things with obvious history that speak through layers of time, color, rust, grit and purpose. An object tossed carelessly on the ground can become treasure that assumes new life in a piece of art. I prefer to spend my days visioning... absorbing... creating; cuttings things up, reassembling and distressing everyday objects to create one of a kind works of art. I work with a broad variety of media ranging from ink to gouache and acrylic paint, clay and plaster; paper and fiber, ink, computer and digital technology, found objects, and vintage ephemera and photographs.