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Margo C. Field - Miss Kitty - I Love You
Category: Wall Hanging.
The scene of Miss Kitty and Matt Dillon embracing in the Long Branch Saloon was done in back stitch. The TV frame, control knobs, antennae and the back of the work are all done in versions of peyote stitch.
"Miss Kitty" began her life because of the Caravan Miyuki Delica Challenge. She was only a few months old when she was accepted by the Museum of Fine Arts of New Mexico in Santa Fe for "New Mexico 2000". 1,157 New Mexico artists responded, sending over 5,000 slides and 10 videos. The jurors selected 73 works. The final exhibition was curated with unifying themes and relationships that truly express the strong diversity found in contemporary art in New Mexico.
On Preview Evening "Miss Kitty - I Love You" was presented with a foca (Friends of Contemporary Art) award. She was featured in PASATIEMPO, the Santa Fe, New Mexico Weekly Arts and Entertainment Magazine in the October 8, 1999 edition. She also was also featured in EL PALACIO, the Museum of New Mexico Magazine, Vol. 104 No 2. Winter/Spring 1999-2000 in the article "The Art of the State of New Mexico 2000".
"Miss Kitty" has been invited to participate in Fantastic Fibers at the Yieser Art Center's Thirteenth Annual Invitational Exhibit at Paducah, Kentucky from March 26 to May 6, 2001.
THE ENTRY ---- The scene of Miss Kitty and Matt Dillon embracing in the Long Branch Saloon is appliqué work -- sometimes dimensional with beads layered over beads. I made a very rough sketch with pencil on a baby changing cloth (a type of flannel with a water proof finishing.) I started with Miss Kitty - specifically her lips, eyelashes and beauty mark. When I finished a section and was at a loss to proceed, I would scan the actual piece and draw ideas on the scanned pattern. The sketching that I did on the flannel would wear off very quickly when I was beading on it. The scanned images are a wonderful record of the progress of the work.
I tried to give the viewer some subtle messages: hidden in the mirror are the words MS KITTY and in the bottles to the right of Matt can be seen the words I LOVE YOU. These messages show up better in photos - probably because of the light reflection.
The TV frame, control knobs, antennae and the back of the work are all done in versions of the Peyote stitch.
"MISS KITTY - I LOVE YOU" is composed of Delicas except for the tips of the antennae - which are vintage crystal. I also used the product "Stiff Stuff" as a backing for the entire piece. I made the support for hanging the work from sterling silver wire and chain.
THE LEGEND --
This Work is Dedicated to a
Legend of the Old West
Where a good man fought
against evil And Loved
a Woman who loved him too
. . . Their Words of Love
Spoken only in Our Hearts
M Field dedication on back
This is a contemporary presentation of a common bond of all humanity -----Good versus evil ----- and the love of man for woman -- and woman for man.
The LEGEND is "GUNSMOKE"
This weekly morality play was aired on television from September 1, 1955 to September 15, 1975. It is my own personal legend of growing into a woman - and it is one that I can portray with a passion of my childhood and the wisdom and skills of my years.
The MYTH is in my heart - as follows:
Scene: Matt Dillon is returning from a long journey to the east. His lonely and sometimes dangerous travels back to Dodge City, Kansas have made him realize that his love for Miss Kitty Russell MUST be declared. It is early autumn and many wild flowers are blooming in the prairie. A few miles from Dodge, Matt stops to rest his horse and pick a clumsy bouquet. He then rides into town at dusk, ties up his good horse at the Long Branch Saloon - walks through the swinging doors with the bouquet concealed behind his back.
Miss Kitty turns to greet him -- her eyes full of relief on seeing him alive -- her gaze becomes a beacon of love -- and he embraces her with the words "Miss Kitty - I love you!"
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