Currently unfinished but will be in time for show.
A dress marked with cat images evoking the stereotype of the single cat lady. Cat lady being moniker meant to degrade and deride women who chose be single and possibly childless. This dress celebrates this choice using block print images appliqued to the dress in a manner meant to simulate blackwork tattoos.
Marcia Wood-Mertinooke is an artist living and working in Bedford, New Hampshire, holding a BA in Studio Art from UNH. Her work explores questions of existence and free will, using figures and graphic, symbolic backgrounds to blend realism with emotional expressionism. She is a member of the New Hampshire Women's Caucus for Art and a board member of Mosaic Art Collective.
