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Parallel to a long art teaching career is Madsen-Pietsch's continual commitment to developing her professional art practice in several directions. She has numerous drawing, painting, fibre and sculpture awards and regional exhibition achievements behind her.

Madsen-Pietsch, self employed, is the founder, co-owner and director of Artropica Innisfail Studio Gallery, a retail art and framing business, which she has successfully run and operated since 1997.

'Cairns Post' reviewer, Karen van Harskamp, says about her latest exhibition work:
"In seeking and making meaning people draw on patterns - of form, action and feeling - to define the indescribable and seemingly random nature of life into recognisable, manageable truths. 'Elevating the Spirit' seeks to transform this process into a tangible presence.
The media chosen by the artist is often as fascinating as the end result - 'Tokens, 3 x 7 = 21' is a collage work of acrylic, linen thread, rice paper and cotton fabric patterns from favourite old clothing, fused on to a grid pattern across canvas. An exploration of how fragments can constitute the whole but the whole transcends the fragments, this is the art of association. Madsen-Pietsch's primary derived palette is evocative but subtly manifested, enhanced by the primal humanity of her execution...The mark of the artist imbues the works with unique appeal, a quality attractive to many in a mass-produced age. With her complex, many layered works Madsen-Pietsch dignifies the challenges of meaning-making in life by honouring the grandeur of the puzzle and the pursuit.
LINK - for prints of various works to date:
http://artropica-innisfail-studio-gallery.fineartamerica.com

Elevating the Spirit - Finding Heart

2007
Acrylic & oil on canvas
91.5 x 91.5 cm

The X Factor, Alchemy of Consciousness

2005
Acrylic, linen thread on canvas
120 x 120 cm

Spirit of Gold, States of Being

2007
Acrylic, Acrylic, oil based ink, linen thread, on canvas
122 x 122 cm

Alignment

2007
Graphite, acrylic on canvas
122 x 91.6 cm

Tokens, 7 x 3= 21

2007
Collage, acrylic, linen thread, rice paper on canvas.
101.6 x 101.6 cm

Parallels (Page-Format-Transition)

2007
Acrylic, collage, linen thread on canvas
91.5 x 152. 4 cm

Passion Play - 6 of Hearts

2007
Acrylic, oil on 640 gsm rag paper
107 x 76 cm

Bound & Unified in Contrasts

1995
Fibres: banana, jacaranda, philodendron draconea, linen thread, raffia. Woven, coiled, stitched & assembled. Estapol spray varnished.
H 46 x Dia.32 cm

Mantra I's

2007
Acrylic, linen & cotton threads, banana fibre, collage on canvas.
76.2 x 47 cm

Trans X's, No 1

2007
Mixed Media - drawing, acrylic, collage, rice paper on canvas.
122 x 91.6 cm

Embodiment, Divine Source

2007
Acrylic, linen thread, collage on canvas.
46.7 x 83.5 cm

Continuum

2005
Rag and archival paper, acrylic, linen & raffia fibre threads.
H 25.5 x Base 107 x 76 cm

Spirit -Transit

2005
Acrylic, graphite, linen thread, collage on Arches Rag Paper 640gsm
Framed size 2 x (129 x 98.5) x 3.2 cm

Inspirit

2007
Collage, acrylic, oil based lino ink, linen thread on canvas
76.6 x 57.2 cm

All Embracing - Where Spirit Resides

2007
Water & oil based lino Ink and linen thread on Fabriano Tiepolo Rag Paper
Plate size 28.8 x 30.3 cm; Paper size: 38 x 35 cm

Collective Unconscious, 3=1=Enlightenment

2007
Water & oil based inks, oil paint, linen thread, drawing mediums on canvas
50.8 x 101.6 x 3.7 cm

Trans Bound

2007
Collage, acrylic, oil based lino ink, linen thread on canvas
40.9 x 122 cm

Spirit Matter Cosmos

2005
Acrylic, linen thread, rice paper, collage on canvas
Framed: 66.5 x 97 x 50cm

3 Panel Transitional Page Format

2007
Giclee pigment ink print on Merlin Natural 100% rag paper.
Art work 25.6 x 43.1 cm; Paper size 33.2 x 48.4 cm

Energy Fields - Chakras

2003
Fabric pen & paint, screenprint on cotton fabric, acrylic on canvas.
126.5 x 131.5 cm