This transformation occurs
through precise acts of drawing and construction, in which the artist, sparked by the flounce of a skirt, the triangular fold of a collar, or the domed crown of a bowler hat, renders her inspirational garments as two - dimensional shapes onto
vellum graph
paper.
Ms. Herrera, who has shoulder - length white hair and wire - rim glasses and was wearing a black cardigan sweater, held up a small, rectangular piece of painted
vellum and compared it to the larger version of the same work, one done on
paper, which was hanging on the wall of her large, floor -
through home and studio on East 19th Street.