After the Fire

27” x 32”

Techniques: Painted, collaged, stitched, woven and varnished.

Materials: Canvas, acrylic paint, non woven fabric, thread, embroidery floss, yarn, varnish.

Artsist Statement:

Life wants to renew after a fire, whether from a burn or war or other tragedy.

 

Contemplating Coral

21” x 20”

Techniques: Hand painted whole cloth, machine stitched.

Materials: Cotton fabric, paint, thread.

Artist Statement:

Consider coral; Surviving at the sea's edge; Beauty at peril. A haiku by artist.

 

Rosy Outlook

36” x 6.5" x 4”

Techniques: Collaged, pasted, machine and hand stitched.

Materials: Hand made paper, organza, cottons, non woven fabric, paint, machine and embroidery thread, methyl cellulose paste, twigs.

Artist Statement:

Inspiring nature; Beautiful landscape wonders; Feeling peaceful calm. A haiku by artist.

 

Calm at Day’s End

40” x 28”

Techniques: Digitally manipulated personal photograph printed on fabric, free-motion stitched, hand painted.

Materials: Cotton fabric, thread, Inktense color blocks and pencils.

Artist Statement:

Viewing or being in nature always calms me, no matter where that might be, especially if it is near water. The work created came from a digitally manipulated photo. We were enjoying a summer evening at a friend's home along the Willamette River near Portland, Oregon, when most of the river activity calmed and the sun was setting across the river from our east bank location. To bring more drama to the view, I created the piece as if looking through a double-hung multi-paned window.

 

Blue Mountain

25” x 43”

Techniques: Raw edge applique, fused, painted, stitched.

Materials: Commercial cottons, batting, thread.

Artist Statement:

The calm of a distant mountain landscape inspired by the Pacific Northwest's Cascade Mountain Range, in particular Mt. Hood.

 

Strip Mining

22” x 39"

Techniques: Pieced, fused, painted, washed, stitched, cut up, restitched and painted again.

Materials: Cotton fabrics, paint, felt batting, thread.

Artist Statement:

Strip Mining is a cumulative effort of two different experiments in technique that culminated in a piece that reminds me of strip mining in the desert Southwest. The intense and faded rusts represent the layers of earth revealed as layers of earth are removed to form a crater-like hole. The variety of blue-greens symbolize the minerals of turquoise and malachite, as well as oxidized copper, revealed as a result of the mining process.

 

Pele and the Sea

32” x 42”

Techniques: Fused cotton on canvas, painted, stitched.

Materials: Cotton, fabric paint, thread.

Artist Statement:

In Hawaii, Pele is the goddess of volcanoes and fire and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands. This abstraction represents the moments molten earth meets the sea.