Ok, sometimes I repeat myself, I admit. Unless I get tired of making something I might make multiple versions of the same thing? Does anyone else do that? One image has been particularly prone to this repetitive activity. I had silkscreened a two-color image on a piece of satin rescued from an old wedding gown […]
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Here is a little video of Berks in Stitches, currently on display at Art Plus Gallery in West Reading. And, a link to the show: https://art-plus-gallery.square.site/berks-in-stitches And in case that wasn’t enough to pique your interest, an article in a local paper. https://smartnews.link/w/gcBs It has been really fun to meet friends and visitors to the
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My husband and I retired from our Pittsburgh jobs and moved to the house we’d built near Hamburg, PA, in 2014. I floundered at first, both in my imagery and in the use of found objects. Thinking at first that I should continue with the industrial images associated with the work I’d done in Pittsburgh,
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I was asked to be the Artist of the week for SAQA (Studio Art Quilts Associates), and will be posting on their members only facebook page every day this week. I will share the posts here on my blog as well. Day one: I ask myself each time: “Why create this artwork using fabric?” What
I’m always pleased to sell a piece of art, but this latest experience was one of the best. Here are some of the elements that went into it (besides creating the artwork that is!) I recreated my website. It was an intensive project last winter that I approached with dread. Once I got going, it
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I started a new series of small quilts. They are based on the 72 municipalities of Berks County. The local paper is doing a series – one of them a week, alphabetically. So far I’ve done four: Albany, Alsace, Amity and Bally. I drove to each place, and picked something to draw. Then drew it
I’ve had some hits and some misses using found objects.
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As Going Rural is about to come down at Art Plus Gallery in West Reading, I’m preparing two new shows. “Eastern Europe in Stitches” pieces that haven’t shown yet will be on display in the main outside case at Reading Hospital, 6th and Spruce Street, West Reading, during the month of July. And newly framed
Here’s a collage of my 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge, complete. (I left out a few cats!) It’s easier to see the stronger compositions when in this format. I think my favorite might be the Red Roof, Purple Sky. or maybe Red Shed, Orange Door, Yellow Sky. or Purple Thought. Or maybe Barn Shadows.
The smallest of our red maple trees, with the final leaves clinging to its branches caught my eye in late autumn. The background is pieced sections of a hand painted cloth panel from Malaysia, bought at Ladyfingers Sewing Studio in Oley, PA (a treasure trove of fine fabrics.) I had actually made most of this
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