Downtown Raleigh Alliance

Gretchen Morrissey’s exhibition, Marine Ephemera is a fusion of sketches, renderings, repeat patterns, and hand-pulled prints of jellyfish, cephalopods, seaweeds, rays, corals, plankton. Beginning with observation of the marine eco-system, Morrissey’s designs are culled from memory, shaped by her experiences and perspective. With an interest in repetition and natural rhythm, patterns evolve, conveying a sense of fluidity without a particular beginning or end. The shift between vivid pigments and the embossed white-on-white hand-pulled prints reference the past and future of the fragile marine eco-system. Morrissey utilizes techniques and processes that involve alternative technologies in printing that are safer to the artist and the environment, using water-based inks and solar plate etching. Gretchen Morrissey holds a Master of Science degree in Textile Design and Materials Technology from Philadelphia University. After graduating she served on the Textile Design Faculty at Philadelphia University from 1996-2003 and at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia from 2003-2005 where she coordinated studies for traditional hand-printed textile design and alternative techniques in digital textile design. Gretchen’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States and is in numerous private collections internationally. 

Cost: Free