The Cat Killed Curiosity

Margaret Atwood famously said, “A word after a word after a word is power” and Georgia O’Keeffe said, “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way--things I had no words for.” A collaboration between sisters Beverly Patterson (visual artist) and Barbara Campbell (poet), this artwork combines both of these ideas. This piece that has unique readings based on the viewer's perspective. From the left, the poem "The Cat Killed Curiosity" is viewable and from the right the idioms are reversed to form a new poem entitled "Curiosity Killed the Cat." Head on, letters float among a flock of birds as the sun sets over the sea. What do you see?

Award: 2022 Sanchez Art Center Exhibition Award Winner: 65th Annual Awards Exhibition will be in Fall, 2023