»In 1991 I left Los Angeles and moved to Germany to work as an artist-in-residence in the Atelierhäuser in Worpswede. The confrontation with the subdued light and the flat landscape with the visible horizon inspired my sixth body of work A Leap of Faith, to which I dedicated myself for nearly two decades.

The entire body of work consists of ten cycles of paintings, objects, drawings and prints. In this exhibition large gobelins from the first three cycles of work of A Leap of Faith which have never been displayed before, as well gobelins from the fifth cycle are being shown.

The words that inspired me – a leap of faith – can be defined as the act of believing or accepting something that is intangible and without any empirical evidence. The entire body of work sought not only to give a face to the ineffable but to find a visual form for an essentially abstract movement and for the barriers that might block it.

I owe Worpswede my deepest gratitude. Here I discovered a theme, which would preoccupy and inspire me for sixteen years. Here in Worpswede I discovered a fully different light than in Los Angeles or Bavaria and here I discovered a landscape, which expanded my painterly vocabulary and which gave my inner life a visual appearance.

Because of the dream of Martin Kausche to give young artists the possibility to dedicate themselves to their work without financial worries, I could explore a new theme in my work in the peace of this village with the view of the horse pastures. And it was here in Worpswede and in Bremen that a loyal and always interested circle of collectors gave me their support—thirty years ago until the very present.«

Margaret Kelley