Artist: Coulter Fussell | Location: Water Valley, MS
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Artist: Coulter Fussell | Location: Water Valley, MS
Water Valley, MS
Coulter Fussell was raised in Columbus, Georgia, an old textile town on the Chattahoochee River. The culture of Columbus and the surrounding valley (including the neighboring military base, Ft. Benning) play a significant role in her work. Coulter's father was a museum curator while her mother is a life-long quilter and educator. Running through galleries after school and going home to watch her mother sew was standard. The combination resulted an early-developed artsview where craft and arts are indistinguishable from one another. Painting and textile work became one solitary entity in her mind. From youth, the combination developed into an unintentional mash-up.
Coulter relies on the no-holds barred nature of contemporary painting rules to free her compositions from the constraints of pattern. In turn, she simultaneously relies on the strict discipline of traditional craftwork to act as a self editing tool.
Coulter lives in Water Valley, Mississippi.