While enjoying time in a fabric shop, I came upon a large rack of embroidery floss and was stunned by its visual strength. It reminded me of my joy as a young girl, buying hanks of this same thread at the Ben Franklin Five-and-Dime, carefully choosing colors for my latest hand embroidery project.
The display of the colorful materials spoke to me of potential and creative possibility.
Medium: Dye and paint on silk, cotton, found fabrics, fused collage, machine quilted
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30 H x 50 W in, 2008
Private Collection
45 H X 76” W in, 2008
Private Collection
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36 H X 48 W in, 2012
Collection of Lifepoint Health, Brentwood TN
17 H X 17 W in, 2009
Private Collection
16 H X 16.5 in, 2009
Private Collection
16.5 H X 17 W in, 2009
Private Collection
17 H X 17 W in, 2009
Private Collection
17 H X 17 W in, 2009
Private Collection
I am fascinated that by looking out into the night sky, we are peering back into history, brought to earth at the speed of light. Or, that by walking through a landscape, we can experience geologic forms created by forces through time.
In this series, Wisconsin again comes into view with hiking on various segments of the Ice Age Trail. Here are abstractions of the concepts and images that the landscape and flora conjured.
Medium: Dye and paint on silk, cotton, found fabrics, fused collage, monoprinted, machine quilted
Detail
40 H X 111 W in, 2005
Private Collection
88.25 H X 29.5 W in, 2006
Private Collection
81.25 H X 25 W in, 2006
Private Collection
Detail
81.25 H X 29.5 W in, 2006
Private Collection
81.5 H X 25 W in, 2006
Private Collection
81.5 H X 25 W in, 2006
Private Collection
53.25 H X 53.25 W in, 2007
Private Collection
74 H X 25 W in, 2010
Private Collection, Australia
Detail
51.5 H X 34 W in, 2010
Private Collection
51.5 H X 34 W in, 2010
Private Collection
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74 H X 25 W in, 2010
Private Collection, Mexico
74 H X 25 W in, 2010
Private Collection
Detail
I began the Fugue series with ideas of overlapping melodies, using pattern, theme and variation to reflect my love of this musical form. J. S. Bach has been a force throughout my life—beautiful, ordered and sturdy.
Medium: Dye and paint on silk, cotton, found fabrics, fused collage, machine quilted, some monoprinted
32.5 H x 51 W in, 2000
Private Collection
33 H X 51 W in, 2000
Private Collection
33 H x 52 W in, 2004
Private Collection, Canada
33 H X 53.25 W in, 2000
Private Collection
54.5 H X 36 W in, 2001
Private Collection
54.5 H X 36 W in, 2003
Private Collection
53 H X 36 W in, 2003
Private Collection
62 H X 18 W in, 2003
Private Collection
62 H X 18 W in, 2003
Private Collection
30.5 H X 51 W in, 2004
Private Collection
70.5 H X 44 W in, 2004
Private Collection
The concentric diamond pattern has three sources, the first being a traditional American quilt pattern, “Roman Stripe.”
The second is from the Huichol people of western Mexico. “Ojo de Dios” or “Sikuli,” is a ritual object made of yarn and sticks.
The third, “Ogalu,” a design the Igbo women of Nigeria paint on their houses, began as a skin scarification pattern.
I see these common elements as a universal visual language and for me, the connection to a universal experience of keeping a “watchful eye” for our children.
Medium: Dye and paint on silk, found fabrics, fused collage, machine quilted
Detail
62 H X 57 W in, 1996
Private Collection
43 H X 43 W in, 1996
Private Collection
43 H X 63 W in, 1996
Collection of Lakeview Health, Jacksonville FL
43 H X 43 W in, 1996
Private Collection
68 H X 59 W in, 1997
Artist’s Collection
44 H X 64 W in, 2000
Private Collection
75.5 H X 39 W in, 2014
