Monika Edgar

Many of my mixed media and oil paintings are inspired by my childhood experiences in the country outside the city where I baked clay pancakes using muddy peat from the nearby pond, helped churn butter, sharpened knives with a leather belt and spun the honey wheel. I often sat under an ancient oak tree listening to the stork above and made pens out of the stork’s feathers. I always liked to make clothes from unusual materials and create something out of nothing. I once made a winter coat out of a parachute and repurposed old sneakers as Greek style sandals.