 Special Awards
- Silver Award and Bronze Award, 9th Quilt Nihon Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
- Third Place, Abstract Art Quilt Division, Houston International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, 2007
- Honorable Mention, "Quilts=Art=Quilts," Auburn, New York, 2007
- Masters Award, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe, California, 2006
- Best of Show, Carlotta’s Passion Art Gallery, Eagle Rock, California, 2005
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Juried Shows
- "SAQA Creative Force 2010," International Quilt Festivals: Houston, Texas, November 2010; Chicago, Illinois, April 2010; Long Beach, California, July 2011
- "Artist as Quiltmaker XIV," Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio, May 16–July 31, 2010
- "ArtQuilt Elements 2010," Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 2010
- "SAQA@20 - Art and Excellence," Various venues, 2009-2011
- Quilt National, Athens, Ohio, 2009
- "Interpretations," Visions Art Gallery, November 2009–January 2010
- International Quilt Study Center and Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2009
- "Layers of Meaning," The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, California, 2008
- 9th Quilt Nihon Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
- "Fabric of the Imagination," Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego, California 2008
- "New Fibers 2008," Fiber Arts Network of Michigan, 2008
- "Clay and Fiber," Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2008
- " I-4 Corridor: Stretching Threads Across Florida,", Orlando, Florida, 2008
- "World of Beauty," International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, 2007
- "Fiber Pathways II," VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California, 2007
- "Fabric of the Imagination," Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego, California, 2007
- "Quilts=Art=Quilts," Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center,
Auburn, NY, 2007
- "A Slice of Southern California," Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, California, 2007
- Artisans International Gallery, Minden, Nevada, 2007
- High Studio Gallery, Moorpark, California, 2007
- "Beauty in Imperfection," Quilts on the Wall traveling exhibit, 2007
- "Quilts=Art=Quilts," Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York, 2006
- "Innovations in Fiberarts III," Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California, 2006
- Fabulous Fiber Fest, Santa Monica California, 2006
- Latimer Quilt and Textile Museum, Tillamook, Oregon, 2006
- La Jolla Fiber Arts Gallery, La Jolla, California, 2006
- "Fiber Pathways," VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California, 2005
- "Towards the Millionth Circle," Pacific International Quilt Festival, San Jose, California, 2005
- "One Hundred Years of Quilts," Carlotta’s Passion Art Gallery, Pasadena, California, 2005
- La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum, La Conner, Washington, 2005
- Surface Design Symposium, Kansas City, Kansas, 2005
- Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, California, 2005
- "At the Cutting Edge: Contemporary Fabric Art," Ventura County Museum of History and Art, Ventura, California, 2005
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Artist Statement
My gardens provide a never-ending source of inspiration and solace. Flowers especially speak to me. My pieces try to capture their essence, their energy and the awe I feel when experiencing their beauty. Photographs and drawings enable me to capture with my fiber art what the flower says to me. It is a very personal message that I hope to convey.
I began quilting in the early 1970s, using the old tried and true methods: hand tracing templates and hand sewing all the little pieces into blocks, then hand quilting the whole piece. Although I enjoyed the pattern and color manipulation, knowing the outcome of the piece before it was completed lost its appeal. In the 1990s, I became aware of the art quilt movement and found a new direction. Currently I'm pursuing an art degree and am enjoying the visual and intellectual stimulation and exposure of the various art forms. This series of garden quilts began with some intriguing photos I took of tulips in the spring of 2005. I was so taken by their stunning colors and forms.
My quilts became more stylized, with color and shapes telling the story. I recall a statement by Georgia O'Keefe telling of her subjects in 1926, "They fascinated me so that I forgot what they were except that they were shapes together-singing shapes." I hope that I am capturing those incredible shapes seen within a blossom, and the subtlety of their color.
My art quilts are made of hand or commercially dyed silks. I often over-dye the silk many times to capture a fuller, richer depth of color. A fusible interfacing is applied; the pieces appliquéd and quilted with monofilament thread.
I hope you can experience what I see and feel. I am endeavoring to interpret those feelings in my images of flowers, some common, some exotic. I hope you will join me in experiencing their beauty.
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