These pieces are either in private collections or not currently for sale.
Transitions
Transitions is part of a series of work exploring how shapes can shift visually depending on the colors and values used in the composition. Sometimes the viewer sees the various shades of red as the primary shapes, and sometimes the gray comes forward. This tension is fascinating. All of the shapes were cut freehand without…
Garden Party
Garden Party was inspired by a trip to Little Island Park in New York City. The figures in this piece were inspired by the tulip shaped support structures at the park. We visited during the spring when the daffodils were blooming, so I abstracted them and added them to the composition. I’m intrigued by color,…
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice is part of a series that celebrates cutting curves freehand without a pattern or template. The blue and purple figures dance across the composition, contrasting with shades of yellow in the negative space. Dense free motion quilting in a variety of motifs adds texture and dimension. Size: 65″ h x 60″ w Materials: cotton…
Musings II
Musings II is part of a series of work that explores large saucer like shapes and the negative space between them. I’m intrigued by how the shapes can seem to go in and out of focus depending on the intensity of the colors I use and the values of the pieced backgrounds that hold them…
Fireflies
Fireflies is another in the series that celebrates cutting curves freehand without a pattern or template. I was interested in how the warm colors interacted with the dark background, as well as the various lines–some wide and some very narrow–and the shapes of the dancing dots against those lines. Densely free motion quilted with different…
3 Friends
3 Friends is an exploration of color, shape and line. The primary figures rollick across the space, kicking up their heels as they go. Dense free motion quilting in a variety of motifs adds texture and dimension to the whole. The shapes were cut freehand without patterns or templates, using my rotary cutter as a…
Awakening
Awakening is a study in neutrals and low saturation solid colors. As I push myself to explore the full range of colors and values, it seemed appropriate to work on some that aren’t as comfortable to me to use. Color doesn’t have to be bright to be effective! The shapes were all cut freehand without…
Fractured Time
Fractured Time celebrates curves cut freehand without a ruler. Creating lines and shapes directly out of fabric is a liberating dialogue with my materials. I wanted to explore a variety of blues set against black with a pop of red. Free motion quilting in a variety of motifs adds texture. Size: 53″h x 52″w Materials:…
Balancing Act
Balancing Act is part of a series of minimalist designs that focus on large shapes and the negative space between them. Stitching lines add texture with lines that echo the shapes in the negative space. I’m interested in the secondary designs that are created when the echoing stitching lines change direction, as in the upper left.…