Arts in the Park

If you are in or around Richmond Va. this weekend I will be there too! Come by and see me..booth #385.

"Arts in the Park" at Byrd Park in Richmond Va.. Sat. May 1, 11-6, and Sunday May 2, 11-5..

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RED

It is a hot wonderful color, that says "IM HERE!"...

above image from ewa i walla, gorgeous clothes..

yellow

An often overlooked and avoided color..

gaugin's 'the yellow christ'

mark rothko's 'yellow and orange'

all done, for now

Wrapped up a submission for the ArtHouse co-op's "The Color Project' with some mini quilts, all about 9x11" and mixed media. 

All the above base on literary characters. Mixed media, fabric, paint, pages from the books, hand and machine stitching. The theme was to make the pieces primarily, red, blue, green or yellow. Above is the red, blue and yellow pieces..Poor Ophelia there in the blue, already becoming her ghost..

And I was so please with the silk hand dye results, I've used some of that in the 'green' piece, hand and machine made, with had stitching and hand spun wool yarn.

spring silk

oh my, have I loved doing this so..

I want to wear them..in fact maybe I will! all hand dyed 100% silk ties.  I've been crazy with the silk lately, and have a few new art quilts to post here as well. I've also done a great deal of hand dyed silk yardage.. anyone think they need some? Check the Etsy store out for the goods..

Lord, it's beautiful weather. Love the Virginia spring time..

sheer color wonderful..

colors of spring

Color and poet's eye.. spring at last.. knitted items available in my etsy store, sorry, the daffodils stay put in my garden..

random acts of beauty

because today has been a trial, i need to see the beauty and the sublime in the world.

I have updated my etsy shop with new pieces for sale..take a look..

my shop

meadow views

Even though it doesn't look like the picture on the bottom, the art quilt was distilled from that view, just in a different season!

With hand dyed fabric (I'm really loving this process, and have lots of hand dyed silk stuff to show you)!

Not a whole lot of embellishment , an excercise in restraint.

The back garden in high summer.

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.

the terracotta warriors are in DC

Since a trip to Xi'an is not in the forcast, my son and I took advantage of an exhibit in Washington DC's National Geographic Museum happening through March 31st.

It was awesome! Even for a 15 year old! This is a 'reading' exhibit, and it helps to do a little homework before you go..

My son and I!

More info here. 

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..

a musical interlude

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!