Chuck Drumm is originally from Miami, Florida. She earned her BFA from Louisiana College, and her MFA from Florida State University. She began teaching at Sam Houston State University in 1997, and is currently a Professor teaching in the areas of Foundations and Digital Media.

I get ideas.

I get ideas while driving. In bed. In the shower. When I should be paying attention to someone else speaking. In bookstores and libraries before ever opening a book. Most ideas linger in a 3-ring binder, scraps of paper taped to pages. A few materialize; those that do make up the body of my artwork.

Sources of inspiration include archaic domesticity and the literature that sought to instruct women on how to better themselves. I am also inspired by words as visual elements more so than as literal communication.

I work in series because one piece never seems to adequately cover the topic at hand. The idea dictates the medium; cross-stitch, drawing, painting, installation, mixed media, quilting, mixed media, public art. I place elements together instinctually and aesthetically, the meaning only becoming clear afterwards.