Art Quilts
I have been creating textile-based artwork for over 30 years, exploring a variety of visual forms. I dye and print the majority of the fabrics I use, often producing small pieces of cotton fabric in unusual, experimental patterns and color combinations with no particular direction in mind.
ALL
CRANES
MICROBES
COMMENTARY
THE GODDESS
INSPIRED BY NATURE
LICHENS
WIND
STORYTELLING
CIRCLES
RAVENS
BANNERS
FRUITING
LABYRINTH
POROUS
ON THE WING 1
©2021 - 26” x 40”
Drawn from licensed photo by Frank Fichtmüller
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, eco felt; hand cut and fused appliqué, oil stick shading, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
ON THE WING 2
©2021 - 20” x 39.5”
Drawn from licensed photo by Gary Gray
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, eco felt; hand cut and fused appliqué, oil stick shading, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
ON THE WING 3
©2021 - 31” x 40”
Drawn from licensed photo by Frank Fichtmüller
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, eco felt; hand cut and fused appliqué, oil stick shading, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
SENTINEL
©2021 - 47” x 30”
Drawn from licensed photo by Saddako
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, eco felt; hand cut and fused appliqué, oil stick shading, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
ROY AND MILLIE
©2021 - 43” x 72” (variable)
Drawn from photos by Christy Yuncker Happ with permission
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, eco felt; hand cut and fused appliqué, oil stick shading, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
JOY
©2021 - 48” x 27”
Drawn from licensed photo by Michael Forsberg
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, eco felt; hand cut and fused appliqué, oil stick shading, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
Private collection
MICROBE 4
©2017 - 14” x 14”
Art quilt; hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Private collection
MICROBE 5
©2017 - 14” x 14”
Art quilt; hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
MICROBE 6
©2017 - 14” x 14”
Art quilt; hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
MICROBE 7
©2017 - 14” x 14”
Art quilt; hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
MICROBE 8
©2017 - 14” x 14”
Art quilt; hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
MICROBE 9
©2017 - 14” x 14”
Art quilt; hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
MICROBE 10
©2017 - 14” x 14”
Art quilt; hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
MICROBE 11
©2017 - 14” x 14”
Art quilt; hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
MICROBE 12
©2017 - 14” x 14”
Art quilt; hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
MICROBE 19 (Shelter in Place)
©2020 - 14” x 14”
Art quilt; hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Statement: I am fascinated by the microscopic. The images in this series are constructed as if looking through a microscope eye piece. Sometimes the microbes are real and sometimes I make them up. The Covid 19 virus is both deadly and beautiful. It needed to be in the series.
BONFIRE OF THE CIVILITIES
©2007 - 38” x 18”
Drawn from licensed photo by Michael Forsberg
Hand dyed cotton, cotton batting, nylon thread; stenciled, silk screened fabric, dye cut fabric, hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
SEDNA'S TEARS
©2015 - 73” x 112”
Drawn from licensed photo by Michael Forsberg
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
In the collection of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Museum of the North
GOODBYE MY VILLAGE
©2017 - 48” x 32”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester organza, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
Traveled in SAQA exhibition, Forced To Flee, through 2022
FREEDOM? SECURITY?
©2007 - 47” x 48.5”
Hand dyed, hand printed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Statement: The more things change the more they stay the same. I made this quilt in 2007 in response to the shootings on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus on April 16, 2007 where 32 students and teachers died. By 2017 (the most recent statistics) nearly 40,000 people have died from gun related injuries, not by international terrorists, by home grown individuals who could legally buy guns from simple hand guns to easily modified semi-automatic weapons. The public interpretation of the second amendment has morphed over recent years to reject even modest background checks or licensing.
Hand dyed, hand printed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Statement: The more things change the more they stay the same. I made this quilt in 2007 in response to the shootings on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus on April 16, 2007 where 32 students and teachers died. By 2017 (the most recent statistics) nearly 40,000 people have died from gun related injuries, not by international terrorists, by home grown individuals who could legally buy guns from simple hand guns to easily modified semi-automatic weapons. The public interpretation of the second amendment has morphed over recent years to reject even modest background checks or licensing.
GREEN MAN TRANS-FORMATION
©2004
20” x 90”
Mixed media wall sculpture in 4 parts
Paper mache and plastic masks, hand dyed cotton, rayon and nylon threads, paper, aluminum cans, plastic cup lids, silk leaf fronds, plastic tapes, plastic bottle, hardware cloth
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
DULCE ET DECORUM EST
©2007 - 49” x 53”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, nylon thread, black poly batting; silk screened fabric, hand cut and glue applique, machine applique, machine quilted, hand embroidery
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Traveled in SAQA exhibition, Guns: A Conversation, through 2022
JANUS
©2007 - 36” x 12” X 18"
Weight: unser 5 lbs
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread, Gatorboard, upholstery pins, vintage rear view truck mirror, hardwood, monofilament - cut and constructed 6” Gatorboard cubes, hand cut and fused appliqué machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
Statement: In early Rome, images of the two-faced god Janus adorned gates, doorways and arches. Why two faces? He is the god of both beginnings and transitions. One face looks back at the past, the other into the future. Here, the mirror is the viewer, and the six faces on each die depict consequences of misusing resources, including heedless extraction of oil, gas and minerals without looking forward to the consequences for the future of the planet.
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread, Gatorboard, upholstery pins, vintage rear view truck mirror, hardwood, monofilament - cut and constructed 6” Gatorboard cubes, hand cut and fused appliqué machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
Statement: In early Rome, images of the two-faced god Janus adorned gates, doorways and arches. Why two faces? He is the god of both beginnings and transitions. One face looks back at the past, the other into the future. Here, the mirror is the viewer, and the six faces on each die depict consequences of misusing resources, including heedless extraction of oil, gas and minerals without looking forward to the consequences for the future of the planet.
JANUS (detail 1)
©2007 - 36” x 12” X 18"
Weight: unser 5 lbs
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread, Gatorboard, upholstery pins, vintage rear view truck mirror, hardwood, monofilament - cut and constructed 6” Gatorboard cubes, hand cut and fused appliqué machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
Statement: In early Rome, images of the two-faced god Janus adorned gates, doorways and arches. Why two faces? He is the god of both beginnings and transitions. One face looks back at the past, the other into the future. Here, the mirror is the viewer, and the six faces on each die depict consequences of misusing resources, including heedless extraction of oil, gas and minerals without looking forward to the consequences for the future of the planet.
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread, Gatorboard, upholstery pins, vintage rear view truck mirror, hardwood, monofilament - cut and constructed 6” Gatorboard cubes, hand cut and fused appliqué machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
Statement: In early Rome, images of the two-faced god Janus adorned gates, doorways and arches. Why two faces? He is the god of both beginnings and transitions. One face looks back at the past, the other into the future. Here, the mirror is the viewer, and the six faces on each die depict consequences of misusing resources, including heedless extraction of oil, gas and minerals without looking forward to the consequences for the future of the planet.
JANUS (detail 2)
©2007 - 36” x 12” X 18"
Weight: unser 5 lbs
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread, Gatorboard, upholstery pins, vintage rear view truck mirror, hardwood, monofilament - cut and constructed 6” Gatorboard cubes, hand cut and fused appliqué machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
Statement: In early Rome, images of the two-faced god Janus adorned gates, doorways and arches. Why two faces? He is the god of both beginnings and transitions. One face looks back at the past, the other into the future. Here, the mirror is the viewer, and the six faces on each die depict consequences of misusing resources, including heedless extraction of oil, gas and minerals without looking forward to the consequences for the future of the planet.
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread, Gatorboard, upholstery pins, vintage rear view truck mirror, hardwood, monofilament - cut and constructed 6” Gatorboard cubes, hand cut and fused appliqué machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
Statement: In early Rome, images of the two-faced god Janus adorned gates, doorways and arches. Why two faces? He is the god of both beginnings and transitions. One face looks back at the past, the other into the future. Here, the mirror is the viewer, and the six faces on each die depict consequences of misusing resources, including heedless extraction of oil, gas and minerals without looking forward to the consequences for the future of the planet.
2020 HINDSIGHT
©2020 - 30” x 10.5” x 20"
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, non-woven interfacing, Gatorboard, upholstery pins, metal hanger, monofilament - cut and constructed 7” Gatorboard cube, hand cut and fused appliqué, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
Statement: 2020 has been a cataclysmic year, and it ‘s not over: worldwide pandemic, American election year, social upheaval because of police homicides and brutality toward people of color, school instability and economic meltdown due to the pandemic and bad leadership. I decided to reflect on all these issues in the roll of one die. There is no face of peace or comfort. Every roll is craps. We must learn to play a different game.
2020 HINDSIGHT (detail)
©2020 - 30” x 10.5” x 20"
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, non-woven interfacing, Gatorboard, upholstery pins, metal hanger, monofilament - cut and constructed 7” Gatorboard cube, hand cut and fused appliqué, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
Statement: 2020 has been a cataclysmic year, and it ‘s not over: worldwide pandemic, American election year, social upheaval because of police homicides and brutality toward people of color, school instability and economic meltdown due to the pandemic and bad leadership. I decided to reflect on all these issues in the roll of one die. There is no face of peace or comfort. Every roll is craps. We must learn to play a different game.
FOG WOMAN
©2016 - 48” x 30”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester organza, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private collection
FOG WOMAN AND RAVEN
©2016 - 48” x 30”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester organza, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
BRIGIT
©2017 - 48” x 30”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
PERSEPHONE
©2017 - 48” x 30”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
XI WANG MU
©2017 - 48” x 30”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, vintage kimono silk, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
OTAFUKU - GODDESS OF EVERYDAY JOY (Japanese)
©2019 - 48” x 30”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, rayon, polyester thread, hand dyed perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
SEDNA
©2016 - 48” x 30”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, cheesecloth, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
MOONRISE
©2009 - 17.5” x 20.5”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed (B. Tinling) perle cotton thread, glass bead; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
ZEN MOON
©2008 - 25” x 14”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, oil sticks; hand cut and fused appliqué, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Private Collection
TERRA LUNA
©2006 - 53” x 50”
Hand discharge dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; machine pieced, hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
RUNNING MAN 1: HARRY, FASTER
©1997 - 40.5” x 39.5”
Commercial cotton, fabric paint, buttons; silk screened, machine pieced and machine quilted with smokey monofilament
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
RADIOLARIA
©2006 - 38” x 47”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, nylon organza, novelty net, polyester thread, black poly batting; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, hot knife reverse appliquéd, machine quilted
Photo credit: jack Yonn
RIVER BAR
©2016 - 35” x 35”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private Collection
QUIET MAGIC: EAST FORK
©2014 - 40” x 40”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester organza, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Featured in the Collection of Denali National Park and Preserve
HIDING IN PLAIN SITE
©2016 - 10” x 7”
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Featured in 2017 SAQA Trunk Show
LIFE CYCLE
©2015 - 37” x 41”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
FAHRENHEIT RISING
©2008 - 12.5” x 12.5”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, beads, black poly batting; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine appliquéd, machine quilted, hand beaded
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Private Collection
PERCOLATION 2
©2008 - 23.5” x 21”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
NEW ORBIT
©2007 - 19” x 19” X ½"
Hand dyed, commercial cotton, perle cotton thread (B. Tinling), metallic thread, black poly batting; hand cut and fuse applique, machine applique, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Private Collection
COW PARSNIP
©2015 - 24” x 15”
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
ASPEN LEAF
©2016 - 30” x 30”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
AUTUMN HARE
©2014 - 19” x 12”
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
NIGHT CATHEDRAL
©2016 - 35” x 35”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric nancalrrow
CONCENTRATION
©2011 - 18” x 12.5”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine sewn, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private collection
ERRANDS AT LUNCH
©2001 - 40.5” x 43”
Whole cloth quilt, hand screened, hand painted cotton, cotton batting, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
ALONG HINES CREEK
©2016 - 42” x 24”
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private Collection
LEAF MINER
©2016 - 16” x 40”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
ALL WHO WNADER ARE NOT LOST
©2016 - 45” x 30”
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
DEEP VENT GARDEN
©2008 - 50.5” x 19”
Vintage and commercial cotton, silk organza, beads, perle cotton, black poly batting; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine appliquéd, hand embroidered, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
MEANDER
©2016 - 25” x 44”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
LIFE STREAM
©2010 - 20” x 49.5”
Hand dyed commercial cotton, nylon, silk organza, polyester thread, hand dyed (B. Tinling) perle cotton thread, black poly batting; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
END OF SEASON
©2016 - 24” x 18”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, heavily hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
DANCING WITH THE BIG BOYS
©1999 - 39” x 40”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine sewn, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Luce, Forward Collection
ARCTIC WARNING
©2009 - 18” x 12”
Hand dyed, oil stick colored and commercial cotton, image transfer, vintage damask table napkin, polyester thread, black poly batting; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, hand drawn, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
TIGHTROPE
©1996 - 14” x 19” X 6"
Commercial and hand dyed cotton, hardware cloth, linoleum, bolt and wing nut; machine pieced and machine quilted; six fiber tile pieces, each mounted on curved Plexiglas hangers
Photo credit: Ian Cumming
EPICENTER
©1997 - 40” x 29”
Commercial 100% cotton; machine pieced and machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private Collection
NOW AND WHEN
Collaboration with Ree Nancarrow for In A Time of Change: Trophic Cascades exhibition (2013), Fairbanks, Alaska.
Quilted boxes; hand dyed and Spoonflower printed cotton, polyester thread, foam core, upholstery pins
In 2012-13, Ree Nancarrow and I were selected to participate as a collaborative team in In A Time of Change – Trophic Cascades, a project of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, which offered opportunities for artists to work with scientists in a variety of research subjects for a year.
The project culminated in an exhibition that traveled to various Alaska venues. Participating in the project influenced how I look at animals, plants and the ecosystems of which they are a part.
The web of relationships among predators, herbivores and the plants that sustain them interest me. I like to understand a scientific basis for the beauty and curiosity I experience
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
ASPENS AND ROCKS
©2013 - 37” x 35”
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private collection
FOREST PRIMEVAL
43” x 43”
Poem by Rudyard Kipling Images and printed words by Joey Neilsen (age 5 ½)
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, prele cotton thread; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
NEAR STROMNESS
©2019 - 43” x 47”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
LICHEN NORTH
©2012 - 42” x 43”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
LICHEN LIVING FOSSILS 2: OLD AS GRANITE
©2013 - 43” x 43”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private collection
LICHEN LIVING FOSSILS 3
©2013 - 43” x 43”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
LICHEN LIVING FOSSILS 1
©2012 - 43” x 42”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
HABITAT GRANITE 2
©2013 - 40” x 30”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, artist's photograph printed on cotton by Spoonflower, perle cotton thread, polyester thread; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
HABITAT GRANITE 1
©2013 - 34” x 36”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester net, artist's photograph printed on cotton by Spoonflower, perle cotton thread, polyester thread; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
LICHEN 1
©2012 - 15” x 15”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, cheesecloth, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private collection
LICHEN 3
©2012 - 15” x 15”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester knit, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private collection
LICHEN 2
©2012 - 15” x 15”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private collection
LICHEN 4
12” x 12”
2017 SAQA auction donation
Photo credit: Gary Conaughton
POLYTRICHUM SP
©2012 - 12” x 12”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private collection
FOREST FLOOR
©2016 - 12” x 12”
2016 SAQA Benefit Auction Donation
PROPAGULE
©2012 - 17” x 11”
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private collection
CHINOOK
19” x 41”
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
MISTRAL
©2012 - 36.5” x 19”
Hand dyed cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
CONTORTION
©2011 - 13.5” x 12”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private collection
LEVANT
©2012 - 25” x 18.5”
Hand dyed cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
SIROCCO
©2012 - 22” x 34”
Hand dyed cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
TRAMONTANE
©2012 - 26” x 41.5”
Hand dyed cotton, polyester thread; hand cut and fused applique, machine pieced, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
A IS FOR APPLE
©2010 - 68” x 48”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread; glass beads; hand cut and fuse appliqued, machine pieced, machine appliquéd, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
RANA RANA
©2007 - 30” x 45”
Commercial and hand dyed cotton, polyester thread; hand die cut lettering, machine applique, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Commissioned by Northwestern Memorial Hospital for Prentice Women’s Hospital, Chicago, IL - Installed in NICU
HUSH-A-BYE
©2007 - 30” x 18”
Commercial cotton, polyester, poly thread; hand die cut lettering, machine applique, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Commissioned by Northwestern Memorial Hospital for Prentice Women’s Hospital, Chicago, IL - Installed in NICU
LULLABY
©2002 - 52” x 52”
Commercial cotton, textile paint; machine appliquéd, machine pieced, stenciled poem, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
LEARNING TREE
©2008 - 26.5” x 17”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, industrial felt; hand screen printed, hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
Private collection
AGINCOURT
©2000 - 31.5” x 35.5”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, textile paint, embroidery thread, cotton batting; machine pieced machine appliquéd, embroidered, screen printed, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
IT'S MY NATURE
©2003 - 42” x 30”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, cotton batting, rayon thread; machine pieced and appliquéd, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Comer Children’s Hospital of University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
JOEYS KIPLING
©2003 - 46” x 42.5”
Poem by Rudyard Kipling Images and printed words by Joey Neilsen (age 5 ½)
Commercial cotton, textile paint; machine pieced, silk screened words and images, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Private collection
NEBULA
©2012 - 65.5” x 64.5”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester organza, polyester thread, plastic rhinestones; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
November 6, 2012-February, 2013: Featured in Circles in Nature: from Microscopic to Nebulae, San Diego County Regional Airport, Terminal 2 East, Gate 22
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
SMALL-WONDERS
©2011 - 83” x 83”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester organza, polyester thread, plastic rhinestones; hand cut and fused applique, machine stitched, machine quilted
November 6, 2012-February, 2013: Featured in Circles in Nature: from Microscopic to Nebulae, San Diego County Regional Airport, Terminal 2 East, Gate 22
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
CONVOCATION
©2009 - 12” x 21”
hand dyed, hand painted and commercial cotton, polyester thread.glass beads, black poly batting; hand dyed and painted, hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Private collection
OBSERVER
©2009 - 15” x 19.5”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread, black poly batting, glass bead; hand discharge dyed, hand cut and fuse appliquéd, hand embroidered, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Private collection
DISCUSSION
©2009 - 19” x 29”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, cotton/poly batting, glass beads; hand dye printed, hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Private collection
AGITATION
©2009 - 36.5” x 17”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed (B. Tinling) perle cotton thread, black poly batting; hand dye printed, hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
BANNER-series-XOX-charlotte-bird
©2009 - 19.5” x 26”
Hand dyed cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed (B. Tinling) perle cotton thread; hand dye printed, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
JASPER
©2009 - 26” x 24.5”
Hand dyed cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread, black poly batting; hand dye printed, hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
FRUITING BODY #1
©2005 - 31.5” x 30.5”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, pearl cotton thread, black poly batting; hand cut and glue applique, machine quilted, hand embroidery
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Private collection
FRUITING BODY #3
©2005 - 15” x 21.5”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, silk duppioni, pearl cotton thread, embroidery floss, black poly batting; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Private collection
FRUITING BODY #10
30” x 28”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, perle cotton thread; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine stitched, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
FRUITING BODY #9
©2012 - 43” x 43”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, polyester thread, hand dyed (B. Tinling) perle cotton thread, poly batting; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, machine appliquéd, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Eric Nancarrow
LABYRINTH 1
©2005 - 43” x 40.5”
Hand dyed, hand painted and commercial cotton, polyester thread, pearl cotton thread, black poly batting; hand cut, die cut and fuse appliquéd, machine quilted, hand embroidered
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Private collection
LABYRINTH 3
©2006 - 56” x 2.5”
Hand dyed, hand printed and commercial cotton, nylon organza, monofilament, polyester thread, poly batting, wood, electric rice lights, plastic grid, wire, Velcro; hand cut and fuse appliquéd, die cut letters; machine appliquéd, machine quilted, lighted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
POROUS CIRCLE
©2002 - 24” x 24”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, black poly batting, monofilament; hand cut and fused appliqué, machine appliquéd and quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
Private collection
POROUS SQUARE
©2003 - 38” x 36.5”
Hand dyed and commercial cotton, black poly batting, monofilament; hand cut and glued appliqué, machine appliquéd and quilted
Photo credit: Jack Yonn
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