38” x 67” (two panels, each 38”H x 33”W)

This quilt exhibited in the prestigious Q=A=Q Exhibit at Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, New York October, 2022 - January 2023. It is now available for purchase and shipment .

A body of water next to trees provides rich ground for imagination and investigation. What’s real, what’s reflected? What’s up, what’s down? And what is beyond it all?

When I become interested in a landscape, I am rarely interested in depicting just what I see. I am more interested in exploring it with the same kind of “digging-in” that I draw on for my storytelling works. This scene is based on photographs I took of small streams beside the road near my home.

I like including actual photographs. (I transfer these onto fabric using gel medium – an archival acrylic glue)

The photos act as an anchor: something for the eye and mind to hold onto that is real. From that point of departure, I can create fabric patterns and textures that give voice to the underlying life the photo reveals.

Monotype printing by hand and direct painting with archival acrylic paints. Includes photo transfer, relief printing, resist printing and screen printing. Collage construction and machine stitching and quilting. The entire surface is richly textured with quilting stitching.

Finishing: bound and fabric-backed. The back of each panel has a hanging pocket and a rod, for traditional hanging tapestry presentation. Hangs easily like two pictures side-by-side. All collaging is with archival matte acrylic medium, (which is invisible) and also protects the surface.

This work exhibited in “Surface,” an all medium juried exhibit at d’Art in Norfolk, Va. May 28 - June 25, 2022. I

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