Every quilt tells a story and every quilt is unique. The common factor in all quilts is that fabric and thread are used to create a piece of art. To many viewers, cutting up perfectly good pieces of fabric into little pieces and then sewing them together again into a totally different looking piece of fabric, is unbelievable.
Who would want to do this day in and day out? The dedicated quilt artist and fabric collector! I have always enjoyed putting jigsaw puzzles together and the same person who enjoys jigsaw puzzles (discovering a finished masterpiece constructed of hundreds or even ... Read More
thousands of little pieces) is drawn to the magic of quilt design. Each quilt design is a puzzle waiting to be put together. The design starts in the quilt artist’s mind and is eventually transferred into reality with the final stitch in the quilt.
Many times the original design is nothing like the finished quilt but this just adds to the excitement and the design potential for the next quilt design. What starts in the mind is often transformed into a bigger, better and more dramatic finished quilt than the artist ever imagined. I prefer to make my own quilts from my own designs and not copy what someone else has already done.
Most of my pieces are one-of-kind quilts that I can’t even duplicate as they are constructed one block at a time and each block is different. Each quilt is quilted by hand and the quilting design is developed as the quilting is being done. Each piece is also hand bound.
Some may have a similar theme or starting point but change from there. An example would be the on-going series featuring hand worked Cross Stitch designs used as the center medallions for each piece. I also like utilizing the old quilt blocks from the early 1900s. Blocks that have 65 pieces in each one are a particular favorite of mine. My current series now is based on the Wyoming Valley block from the 1930s. It is the only block in 3 of my quilts and is also used in a 4th as the border around a center medallion. I have 2 more quilt designs just waiting to be constructed using this same block in full size quilts.
Designing quilts is a never ending process and more are just waiting to be set into fabric. The journey continues.
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-Water The Essence of Life, Alfons Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 11 – August 6, 2017. Selected artwork Contaminated Water 8 Water Spider.
-30th Annual September Exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana June 2 – September 23, 2017. Selected artwork Rusted Snowflakes.
-National Weather Center Biennale, Norman, Oklahoma April 23 – June 19, 2017. Selected work Shadow of the Past.
-2017 Overland Park Art at the Center Juried Exhibition, Art at the Center Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas April 7 to June 12, 2017. Selected artwork Flaming Grapes.
-Mesa Contemporary Arts� 38th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, Arizona February 10 to... Read More
Gallery Representation
Currently seeking gallery representation in USA, Canada and Europe.
Art Advice Corporate Art Consultants LLC, 200 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016. 212-683-5611 Web site httpwww.artadvice-ny.com
Busacca Gallery, 2010 Hyde Street, San Francisco, California 94109. 415 776-0104 Web site httpwww.busaccagallery.com
Nine Dot Arts, 3507 Ringsby Court, Suite 115, Denver, Colorado 80216. 303-999-0383 Web site httpwww.ninedotarts.com
Skyline Art Services, 6955 Portwest Drive, Suite 160, Houston, TX 77024-8018. 713-783-1222
Stillwater Art Guild Gallery, 402 Main Street North, Stillwater, Minnesota 55082. 651 689-0149 Web site httpartguildgallery.com
Xanadu Gallery, 7039 East Main Street, Suite 101, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251. 480-368-9929 Web site httpwww.xanadugallery.comArtArtistGallery.aspArtistID=1331.
Gallery Representation
Currently seeking gallery representation in USA, Canada and Europe.
Art Advice Corporate Art Consultants LLC, 200 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016. 212-683-5611 Web site httpwww.artadvice-ny.com
Busacca Gallery, 2010 Hyde Street, San Francisco, California 94109. 415 776-0104 Web site httpwww.busaccagallery.com
Nine Dot Arts, 3507 Ringsby Court, Suite 115, Denver, Colorado 80216. 303-999-0383 Web site httpwww.ninedotarts.com
Skyline Art Services, 6955 Portwest Drive, Suite 160, Houston, TX 77024-8018. 713-783-1222
Stillwater Art Guild Gallery, 402 Main Street North, Stillwater, Minnesota 55082. 651 689-0149 Web site httpartguildgallery.com
Xanadu Gallery, 7039 East Main Street, Suite 101, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251. 480-368-9929 Web site httpwww.xanadugallery.comArtArtistGallery.aspArtistID=1331.