Friday!

At last! Here are a few pieces I've been working on. Smaller, this time.

This is 'Farewell"  about 14x20 with a lot of hand dyed fabrics.

and a detail..

Looking forward to first Fridays at the galleries tonight! Looks like some good are to view here and here.

"Viewpoints" National show entry

New piece that was juried into "Viewpoints" National show at the FCCA, here in Fredericksburg. Looks like a lot of great art. I'm looking forward to First Fridays!  "Do as I say" is about 36x52", fiber and fabric, hand and machine quilted, appliqued and embroidered.

FCCA show preview..

Here are some shots of my show at the FCCA in Fredericksburg Va. Opening is tonight 6-8:30pm and goes through the end of January.. it's a mix of new paintings and art quilts.

I made 4 element dresses, air, water, earth, sky. A slightly selfish symbol of the clothing I used to sew. Old habits don't die, they just become art pieces. I enjoyed making them, and breaking away from squares and rectangles. I'm exploring the art quilt/sculpture form, I love the idea of it.

                                               "My earth dress"            .. can you see it?

"My air dress"  wonderful hand dyed fabrics and ribbons.

                               "My fire dress" and "My water dress"  again, countless stitching hours spent on these.

I really enjoyed working on this show. To anyone who is in a show, START EARLY! It takes 10x more time than you think in will to do. On top of that, I broke my ankle in early October, so I was becoming quite clever at scooting around my chair from easel to work table.  I was not quite done hanging when I took these, no tags etc.. but I have a tendency to forget to take the pictures.  All pieces are for sale and will hang all January at the FCCA.

Solo January show..

Is finally getting hung tomorrow, I'll post a bunch of stuff, here and on my facebook page.. a few previews..

Equal parts new paintings and fiber art quilts.. PLUS an installation of 4 'dresses' !!

                     "Benevolent Field"  acrylic on canvas            30x30"

"On the riverbank"    acrylic on canvas         12x12"

quiet of winter

working in the studio sewing and painting away.

tonight!

ancient light

Another piece from the March member's gallery show, here in Fredericksburg, Va.

FCCA gallery

'ancient light'  32x37" hand and machine quilted, appliqued and embroidered..

for sale!!

a wonderful piece to work on, some just fall together, and some don't. this one definitely did.

March FCCA show

A great start to the show at Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts..

My fiber work with the wonderful Audrey Bruno's photography. We did not know each other, nor pick each other to show together, amazingly enough the show went together like peas and carrots.

We both had good sales, and there are still pieces available, so if you are interested, let me know!! Thanks to everyone who came out to support the F'burg local art scene. It was a very lovely night. The show hangs all of March.

FCCA site
Audrey's site

another little peek..

For this show, now 2 days away..

how to get ready for a show

sew!

Sew some more!

sort through everything you've sewn!

Piles of it!

did I mention sew?

Be happy with what you did!

Hanging 'Fresh Fields' tomorrow (whew) pretty pleased with how it all came together, as far as quality/quantity.

Full show pictures here next day or two..keep working!

landscape

while the snow was covering every single thing in sight, really beautiful and amazing.




I managed a bit of stitching for the upcoming show in March. At the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts.  Here's a link..   it's the member's gallery show.

March show preview

Been busy...

getting ready for March show here..if you are around central Va. in March, come see it!

this is 'fields of fire' 15x38"  fiber, hand and machine appliqued, embellished and quilted.. all work will be for sale.

oh yeah, it's snowing again..