Here is a detail shot of “Shadow Seekers” which shows my sun printed canvas created on August 21, 2017. That’s right, on the solar eclipse day! I wanted to do something creative on that day. It was dusk to dawn in 4 hours.
This next one inspired a haiku: “Becoming moonlight, soft as a whisper landing, echoing silence”:
I’ve been having fun with my new cutting machine! I can design my own stencils and then use paint or paint sticks to add them to fabric and away I go on my next quilt! Above image shows some indigo dyeing done 2 years ago. Finally getting to use it.
I have had 2 quilts selected for the FRCQ (Front Range Contemporary Quilters) Portfolio 2017! They will be in an online exhibit for 1 year starting January 1, 2018. Check out the website at http://www.artquilters.org. You will see some amazing art work. Below is “Ripples on the Rio Grande”.
The one below is “Rain Spirit”.
My quilt, “Ripples on the Rio Grande” has been accepted into a traveling exhibit for next year. The selected quilts were submitted by artists from Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah and Texas. The opening will be April 6, 2018 to May 12th at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces, NM. My first traveling quilt!
Beautiful inspirations from our trip to New Mexico for the Balloon Fiesta. Weather was great and we went to Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Chaco Canyon, Sky City and Madrid. Los Poblanos is a lavender farm, retreat and restaurant with a charming gift shop. Bought all things lavender and some truffle salt. Yum! I am refreshed and newly inspired to create art work.
Yes! My quilt called “Downstream” was accepted for exhibit at the Estes Park Art Center. Doing the happy dance!
Hoping to be accepted into this year’s exhibit at the Estes Park Art Center. Also hoping I don’t jinx it!
I have been selected to show 2 quilts in “Diversity” at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The one shown below has eco-printed fabric, machine and hand stitching and shows portrait images from the Library of Congress. These photos have no copyright restrictions on them. This one is called “More the Same”.
Here is my latest. I hand painted the background and used my long arm quilting machine to hand-guide stitches vertically to depict water flowing over a mossy river bed. Lots of color and texture!
Below is a detail shot of Gathering Moss:
My quilt called “The Chosen Path” has been juried into the Reflections exhibit opening June 9th at Red Rocks Community College. There were 151 art quilts submitted by 45 artists and 45 were chosen to be in the exhibit. Here is a detail shot of machine quilting and hand stitching.
Here is the full quilt with commercial cotton, stamped and painted canvas, silk and organza. The “rocks” are hand appliqued on the surface.
