Fire on the Mountain

Fire on the Mountain

When I composed this, I was thinking of the world on many levels. First is the circle that represents the universe, from the cool tones of the earth to the warm tones of the sky and heavens. I've screened trees in the center. The lightening bolts represent the possibility of fire lighting up the mountain. We've seen a bit too much of this these days. I think the final result is a beautiful, simple composition. It's about 15 inches square and available at my Etsy Shop.

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Good Day, Sunshine

This piece is one of my current favorites. The background is canvas, softly painted with an acrylic . The next layer is cloth that I dyed. The flowers are  constructed with various screen or computer printed graphics. The elements are all raw edge stitched. The quilting is done with a variegated thread. It measures 18 inches square.

Good Day Sunshine

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She Stood with Her Friends in Defense of the Forest

Another fiber work in the She series. The background at the top is shibori dyed. The lower cloth is hand dyed using multi colors. The trees are more of the elbow trees images that I am found of and like to give them stories. Learn more about them here.

She Stood with Her Friends in Defense of the Forest

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Peace and Tranquility

This year my small quilt group MIX chose the theme Reflection and Renewal, which is based on the renewal taking place at the Portland, Oregon Japanese garden. Our work was to include two pieces. One is a 24 inch square and the other a 10 inch by 24 inch piece which could be oriented in anyway the artist chose.

I chose the interpret the gardens of raked stone, which are referred to as karesansui gardens which literally translates to dry landscape.  The beauty lies in the blank space. My view is top down and the circles represent the tops of trees and bushes which surround these places and spaces. The circles are hand embroidered with many threads representing the branches. These pieces were a joy to work on.

                                                           Peace                                 &  Tranquility

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