Gillian King explains how - and why - she uses (and grows) art materials very close to home.

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"When I was in grad school, I was playing around a lot with different materials," artist Gillian King explains. "And at one point I was doing a series of paintings with my dog's ashes." Lest this seem morbid, it's all part of King's fascination with materials and their meaning. She goes on: "I was really interested in the symbolism behind materials, and after grad school, I wanted to start to play with the canvas itself and play with dyes on the canvas."

King's focus on using the materials that are part of her daily life has extended to growing a garden devoted to creating dyes that stain her canvases. And in doing so, she maintains a physical relationship with the canvas that she hopes viewers feel too.

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