This Indenture

2007 - 18" x 52"

Dyed and painted cotton, scrim, and silk net organza. Raw edge applique, fusing, machine and hand stitching.

Interior Landscape III

2006 - 19" x 38"

Polyester felt, painted fusible web, painted cheesecloth, scrim, tyvek. Machine quilted, hand embroidered.

Earth Textures IV

2006 - 54" x 32"

Rusted cotton, painted scrim and cheesecloth, machine stitching.

Earth Textures III

2006 - 26" x 31"

Canvas, cotton, painted scrim, dyed silk, polyester, machine stitched and hand embroidered.

Earth Textures II

2005 - 19" x 27"

In this organic piece, I used free motion machine stitching as drawn lines and added additional texture with selected placements of French knots.

Primordial Terrain

2006 - 15" x 29"

Felt layered with fused pigments, machine stitching and hand beading.

Primordial means “a beginning or source.” From this fertile place come the seeds of new artistic exploration and inspiration.

Breaking Through

2006 - 31.5" x 26.5"

Dyed silk ground layered with painted linen, manipulated scrim and cheesecloth, free motion machine embroidery.

This work continues the interior landscape investigations that explore concepts of risk taking and trust in the creative process.

Practicing Mindfulness

2006 - 19" x 17"

Pigments on cotton, commercial fabric, free motion embroidery.

In the midst of conflict, a single crow practices peacefulness.
May our world learn to choose peace rather than hatred and violence.

A Passionate Heart's Landscape

57" x 73"

Polyester felt layered with painted fusible web, gold leaf and gold foiling.
Machine quilted and hand embroidered.

This piece won the Surface Design Award at APEX Gallery’s 2004 Tribute to Fiber Art
in Washington, D.C., and appeared in the Exposure section of the Surface Design Journal
(Winter, 2005).

    Interior Landscape

    17.5" x 20"

    Polyester felt layered with manipulated, painted
    cheesecloth, painted fusible web, machine and
    hand stitching.

Interior Landscape II      

20" x 16.5"      

Felted, dyed and painted silk gauze,      
stitched to dyed background, machine      
and hand stitched, beaded.      

Growth

41" x 60"

Growth started as a completed piece of cotton art cloth. I machine quilted through the three layers just enough to hold them together, added the rectangles in seed stitching, and then continued to add more hand stitches in rows across the background and to define the tree branches. After stitching, I brushed on metallic and opaque textile paints to add more dimensionality and depth to the piece. This piece won an Honorable Mention in the Art Quilts Small category in the 2004 IQA exhibition in Houston, TX.

Earth Textures

15.5" x 23"

Painting, reverse appliqué, fabric manipulation, machine/hand-stitching using silk, lame, manipulated and painted scrim, machine and hand embroidery. This piece received Jurors Award #1 at the 2004 Main Street Gallery’s Small Art Quilt Works exhibition.

A Different Path

29.5" x 52"

Painted silk crepe de chine with free motion machine quilting and hand stitching.

En Route

18" x 54"

Made for the Surface Design Association 2005 Member Exhibit in Kansas City, MO. Water soluble fabric on painted silk broadcloth with hand stitching.