Art Quilts: Breaking Rules, Honoring Tradition - acceptances

Under the Pink Moon

I am thrilled and honored to share that two of my art quilts, Under the Pink Moon and Under the Thunder Moon, have been selected by juror Shelly White to be included in Art Quilts: Breaking Rules, Honoring Tradition, at the Vision Gallery in Chandler, AZ. The exhibit will run from November 18, 2023 - January 12, 2024.

Under the Pink Moon - detail

Both quilts are part of an emerging series where I examine folkloric names for the full moon throughout the year. Under the Pink Moon represents April, when the full moon shines down on the tender emerging foliage and flowers of spring. The center panels are direct solar dye prints of garlic mustard, Virginia creeper, and dock leaves, all very prevalent in the woodlands of Pennsylvania. The vintage hexagon blocks, pieced from feedsack cottons, are bordered with vivid silks.

Materials: artist-painted and commercial cotton and silk fabric, vintage patchwork hexagons

Techniques: wet process solar dye botanical prints, piecing, stitching

Size: 49”h x 34”w

Under the Thunder Moon

Under the Thunder Moon represents July, in reference to this month’s frequent thunderstorms. These wet cyanotype prints capture the effect of moonlight on some of the perennial stars in my garden borders.

Materials: artist-painted and commercial cotton, silk, and wool fabrics

Techniques: wet process cyanotype prints on cotton, patchwork, stitching

Size: 39"h x 23"w

Under the Thunder Moon - detail

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Under the Pink Moon included in Soft Associations Exhibit

 

I am thrilled to announce that my newest art quilt, Under the Pink Moon, will be part of the invitational exhibit Soft Associations.

Fiber artists Meredith Grimsley and Paula Swett have curated this special fiber art exhibition. Artists in this show explore the meaning of soft associations: defined as the moment of awe in our relationship with nature - the moments that take our breath away. Soft Associations will be on display in the Olewine Gallery of the Ned Smith Center for Art and Culture in Millersburg, PA, from February 28th to May 20th. A free reception and gallery talk with drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be held on April 22nd from 2-5pm.

 Particpating artists include Beth Carney, Cathy Stechschulte, Linda Colsh, Rachel Dorr, Sue Reno, Betty Busby, Andrea Finch, Merrill Cormeau, Elena Stokes, Petra Fallaux, Daphne Taylor, Libby Cerullo, Sarah Dugger, Meredith Grimsley, Paula Swett, Arle Sklar-Weinsten and Elizabeth Bennett.  To learn more about the artists, click HERE

I am honored to be invited to exhibit with this roster of exceptional artists. 

Under the Pink Moon

I had a solo show in the Olewine gallery in the fall of 2017, and can testify that it's a fabulous space to display art, located in a beautiful nature preserve. I am tickled that my quilt about April's full moon will be on display in the month of April.

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New Work - Under the Pink Moon

 

I am delighted to share my newest work, Under the Pink Moon.

Under the Pink Moon

The second in an emerging new series about the folkloric names ascribed to full moons throughout the year. Under the Pink Moon represents April, when the full moon shines down on the tender emerging foliage and flowers of spring. The center panels are direct solar dye prints of garlic mustard, Virginia creeper, and dock leaves, all very prevalent in the woodlands of Pennsylvania.

Under the Pink Moon, detail 1

The vintage hexagon blocks, pieced from feedsack cottons, are bordered with vivid silks. I had a tremendous amount of fun designing and stitching this one together. I love vintage blocks-- these had been neatly, if not entirely accurately, handstitched, and as I worked I thought of the anonymous woman who had made them, and wondered what her hopes and dreams and plans had been.

Under the Pink Moon, detail 2

I realized when I finished that this is an extremely rare quilt for me; there are no cyanotype blues in it! They would have distracted from the glorious extreme pinkness.  

Under the Pink Moon, detail 3

The size is 49" high by 34"wide.

This quilt will be included in an invitational exhibit this spring--more on that in the next blog post.

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