Chelsea, MI. ARTIST STATEMENTI was born into this world homesick. The search for home has been a constant theme underlying my work. I have carried a weight of loneliness and disconnect that has been both a curse and a gift. The artwork I present here has been and continues to be a means to transform this weight through images and constructs, process and materials that take me to places of spaciousness and grounded presence. Using a myriad of mediums, and forms, I am always asking, what is this thing called home, what does it offer, provide, does it create separation or connection? BIOGRAPHYCompton Pappas received a BFA in Sculpture from San Francisco Art Institute in 1973. In the 80’s she immersed herself in the L.A. Woman’s Building, participating in performance, installation, and public art. At the age of 45 she moved to Michigan with a young family where, 25 years later, she paints, create altars, and installations in her studio which includes the 12 acres of woods that surround her home.