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Sunrise Over Lake Huron. Great Lakes Region. A painting by artist designer Cynthia Ivey Abitz. You can order a giclée print of this painting.

I gave myself a timeframe for each painting I created, finishing each painting in the amount of time it takes us to create one Ivey Abitz garment from start to finish. It leads me to ask questions.
What is the difference between painting a landscape and creating a garment to wear? If they take the same amount of time to create, are they of the same value? Is one more valuable than the other simply because it hangs on a wall? Or is a garment more valuable because of its everyday usefulness?
Read the full artist statement.

“In today’s culture of throwaway fast fashion clothing, it’s easy to jump to the conclusion that a painting is far more valuable than a garment. As an artist who creates both, I challenge all of us to rethink the value of garments. Paintings, too, for that matter.”
– Artist Designer Cynthia Ivey Abitz










