Do you remember how exciting it was to receive a letter when you were young? An envelope would arrive, addressed just to Miss So and So or Master Such and Such, so grown up! Then we become adults and most every piece of mail is either a bill or junk mail. Wouldn’t it be lovely to receive a heartfelt letter instead of an email? Seattle artist Kenna Moser’s work in the current exhibition at Grover/Thurston Gallery, with its vintage postmarks and whimsical imagery makes me want to sit down an write a beautifully illustrated letter to everyone I love!
Being a writer of sorts, I’m no stranger to the written word, but these days, like most, my correspondence consists mainly of Facebook messages, texts, and emails. Mr. Forager and I wrote digital love letters at length during the month or so when we first began dating and he was living in Seattle and I was in Florida. It makes me a bit sad that they are floating in cyber space somewhere instead of neatly tied together with a ribbon placed in a special box in the closet.
Moser’s mixed media works have such a whimsical quality to them.. it’s as if we’ve found that pile of secret letters hidden in a box, trying to decipher the enchanting language of images and symbols.
To see more of Kenna Moser’s work, please visit her website. Her work can be seen in the current exhibition at Grover/Thurston, along with the work of Deborah Bell until March 30th.
All images are via the Grover/Thurston website.
