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.

...and more to see

after months of house neglect, christmas-y things and countless hours spent in my cold hole studio..

a forest fire..

seeds sewn by the wind

and a stroll through the grass

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"

Makoto Fujimura

Makoto Fujimura - The Art of "The Four Holy Gospels" from Crossway on Vimeo.

God Bless Us Everyone!

Merry Christmas!

December views

quiet of winter

working in the studio sewing and painting away.

Winter studio time

a little colorful knitting!

snow poem

december views

Perhaps a cup of java with that stitching?

Two of my favorite things!

december views

colors of the land

december views

my favorite

december views

first snowflakes

but didn't stick yet.

december views

tonight!

studio inspriations

december views

In like a lion

december views

Silence in December

I don't normally post twice in a day, but I am participating in "December Views" which I will only post visual images the whole month of December. I loved doing it the last two years, and can't wait to get the camera out again.. I may break in for some shameless promotion of my show starting in January, but you can handle it, right? So enough of the chatty chat.

http://www.hippyurbangirl.com/december-views/

working hard...

Lots of studio time.

which is good..

nice shot of the Rappahannock river, in many of the new pieces.

water, land, earth and sky.

State of grace

My new January solo show I'm working feverishly on is entitled "Elemental Grace" and is based on the four elements, fire, water, air, earth in as many ways as I can muster. Mainly focused on landscape and organic forms. The works are paintings and art quilts. The show opens Jan 3, 2011... here in Fredericksburg at the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts..   here are a few pieces of the chaos ( I am a chaos creator, not an order creator) that is ensuing

All pieces are available for sale..

wave action, the movement of water

no excuse, but hey it works and it's all in one spot

I am quite happy with how the painting is going.

and listening to them, because they are full of grace.

 

I believe 2011 is going to be a very busy year...

in the studio

After a bit a of taking care of health, hearth, and home, I have moved to the studio for some cloth and thread therapy and dreams.  Of wide open spaces, clear blue skies and fields as far as the eye can see. You have driven past them all your life, haven't you? I have.

And the rivers, streams, brooks and creeks, wending their way around the earth. All the elements moving, moving and moving. We tend to think of them as static and unchanging, I think. But water, in particular, is such a force, even when still on top of a lake.

yes, even in the quiet shushing of the shoreline wave. Still moving moving moving.

Art of This World

Love being included in this amazing group of artists! Take a peak...

'Sea' art quilt

Another long, art quilt, made with hand dyed silks and cottons. 3-D this one, too.. The small random stitching is trying to evoke a feeling of small schools of fish swimming around..
about 20x50"..

and a little bit of painting too..!

Autumn inspriations..