Sandra Gail Teichmann-Hillesheim

Kansas City, MO, United States

About Sandra Gail Teichmann-Hillesheim

It could be said I work at challenging systems, traditions, orders, and beliefs that can categorize one's life. Perhaps it is as my friend, Fred Dunn, quotes from Carl Jung, "Order and meaning are things that have become and are no longer becoming." To help me understand the organic movement within the whole and so defy the predictable, I start by keeping in mind, when writing and when painting, the six intrinsic shapes of nature: the oval, the wave, the meander, the honeycomb, the branch, the spiral. Yes, I know, perhaps another set of controls, yet, if we have these life forms in mind when approaching the arts, we might, due to the width and depth of these complex intrinsic shapes, form a new question, note a moment in passing, save a shadow, find a clarity, form another question, and the next work of art. It could be said I work at challenging systems, traditions, orders, and beliefs that can categorize one's life. Perhaps it is as my friend, Fred Dunn, quotes from Carl Jung, "Order and meaning are things that have become and are no longer becoming." To help me understand the organic movement within the whole and so defy the predictable, I start by keeping in mind, when writing and when painting, the six intrinsic shapes of nature: the oval, the wave, the meander, the honeycomb, the branch, the spiral. Yes, I know, perhaps another set of controls, yet, if we have these life forms in mind when approaching the arts, we might, due to the width and depth of these complex intrinsic shapes, form a new question, note a moment in passing, save a shadow, find a clarity, form another question, and the next work of art. As my works unfold, I do so love and need an on-going conversation with others, as it seems the act of "becoming" cannot so readily exist in a vacuum. In both writing and painting, our purpose is to take joy in the moment as we merge with the medium and each other, while knowing the process of each piece, each question holds the past as well as possibility for a new beginning, all an intricate and delicate dance to which I invite you and others.

Education:

Education: Ph.D. Creative Writing, Florida State University

M.F.A. Writing, Vermont College

B.A. Fine Arts, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs