Line/Language Series:
The following work is from my series of Line/Language quilts. Each quilt stands on it’s own as an abstract, but with careful attention, the hidden message becomes apparent. The quilt’s blocks are stylized letters that intersect with the lines in other blocks to form an abstract pattern. My stylized letter/blocks stay the same throughout this series, so once you have "read" one of my quilts, you will recognize the letters in others. Photos of other artworks in this series are available upon request.
Aristotle's Canopy:
The stylized letters form a canopy of tree branches that can also be read by the viewer. The letter/blocks spell out, “In all things of Nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle.” The blue sky squares are the spaces in between the words. The quilt stands on it’s own as an abstract study, but also intrigues with the secret message from Aristotle about nature.
Exhibited at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, 2005, and at the Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Art Tour, 2005.
Size: 64" x 72"
The stylized letters form a canopy of tree branches that can also be read by the viewer. The letter/blocks spell out, “In all things of Nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle.” The blue sky squares are the spaces in between the words. The quilt stands on it’s own as an abstract study, but also intrigues with the secret message from Aristotle about nature.
Exhibited at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, 2005, and at the Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Art Tour, 2005.
Size: 64" x 72"
The Truth Matters
In homage to my husband’s work in civil rights and international human rights, this piece reads “The Truth Matters”.
Exhibited at the "Road to California Quilt Show", Ontario, CA, Jan. 2007, at the “Sense of Fiber 2007", juried group show, dA Center for the Arts Gallery, Pomona, CA, May, 2007, and at the Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour, Los Angeles, Nov. 2006.
Size: 32" x 32"
In homage to my husband’s work in civil rights and international human rights, this piece reads “The Truth Matters”.
Exhibited at the "Road to California Quilt Show", Ontario, CA, Jan. 2007, at the “Sense of Fiber 2007", juried group show, dA Center for the Arts Gallery, Pomona, CA, May, 2007, and at the Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour, Los Angeles, Nov. 2006.
Size: 32" x 32"
Be Present
"Be Present" is a reminder to live in the moment, to be alive, to be present in one's life.
Materials: dupioni silks, cottons, cotton batting and backing.
Techniques: reverse applique, machine piecing, hand guided machine quilting.
Size: 20" x 20"
"Be Present" is a reminder to live in the moment, to be alive, to be present in one's life.
Materials: dupioni silks, cottons, cotton batting and backing.
Techniques: reverse applique, machine piecing, hand guided machine quilting.
Size: 20" x 20"
Carpe Diem
The letters spell out "carpe diem," Latin for "seize the day."
This piece was included in Fabric Art Gallery. a book about art quilts published by Leisure Arts, a division of Time/Warner, 2005.
Exhibited: California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica CA; Int'l Quilt Festival, Houston TX; Road to California Quilt Show, Ontario CA; Acorn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Discovery Art Tour, Los Angeles, CA.
Size: 24" x 24"
The letters spell out "carpe diem," Latin for "seize the day."
This piece was included in Fabric Art Gallery. a book about art quilts published by Leisure Arts, a division of Time/Warner, 2005.
Exhibited: California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica CA; Int'l Quilt Festival, Houston TX; Road to California Quilt Show, Ontario CA; Acorn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Discovery Art Tour, Los Angeles, CA.
Size: 24" x 24"
Proustian Memory
The letters spell out, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in seeing with new eyes. Proust.”
This quote, from French writer Marcel Proust, is also quilted in English and French into the squares that are the spaces in between the words.
Exhibited at the Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour, 2009. Currently on exhibit at the Los Angeles offices of PII, Inc.
Size: 81" x 54"
The letters spell out, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in seeing with new eyes. Proust.”
This quote, from French writer Marcel Proust, is also quilted in English and French into the squares that are the spaces in between the words.
Exhibited at the Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour, 2009. Currently on exhibit at the Los Angeles offices of PII, Inc.
Size: 81" x 54"
Observe
“Observe”. A companion piece to "Connect", it reminds the viewer to observe the natural world and those around us. Exhibited at Discovery Tour 2008 Size: 20" x 40" |
Connect
This is an imperative to connect with each other, to connect with nature and the world around us. A companion piece to "Observe". Exhibited at Discovery Tour 2008 Size: 20" x 40" |
Ego Sum Pauper
“Ego Sum Pauper, Ni Hil Habeo, Cor Meum Dabo”. The English translation for the medieval Latin cannon is “I am poor, I have nothing, I will give my heart”. The quilting line spells out the canon repetitively in both Latin and English throughout the quilt, weaving, as a canon does, musically over and under the lines of the letters. The colors are my hand dyed interpretation of those available during medieval times: Indigo (dark blue), Madder (red), Weld or Saffron (yellow), Lichen and Moss (greens and browns) and Woad and Madder (dark purple).
Exhibited in the SAQA: Creative Force Exhibit at the International Quilt Festival, Houston 2006.
Size: 42" x 59"
“Ego Sum Pauper, Ni Hil Habeo, Cor Meum Dabo”. The English translation for the medieval Latin cannon is “I am poor, I have nothing, I will give my heart”. The quilting line spells out the canon repetitively in both Latin and English throughout the quilt, weaving, as a canon does, musically over and under the lines of the letters. The colors are my hand dyed interpretation of those available during medieval times: Indigo (dark blue), Madder (red), Weld or Saffron (yellow), Lichen and Moss (greens and browns) and Woad and Madder (dark purple).
Exhibited in the SAQA: Creative Force Exhibit at the International Quilt Festival, Houston 2006.
Size: 42" x 59"
Hope
Exhibited at the Discovery Tour 2009.
Size: 12" x 12"
Exhibited at the Discovery Tour 2009.
Size: 12" x 12"
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If Not Now, When?
From the famous quote by Rabbi Hillel, "If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?" Exhibited at Discovery Tour 2010 Size: 24" x 48" |
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Zeno
This commission piece reads "Live in agreement with nature", and was inspired by a quote from the Greek philosopher Zeno (335 BC - 264 BC).
Size: 40" x 40"
This commission piece reads "Live in agreement with nature", and was inspired by a quote from the Greek philosopher Zeno (335 BC - 264 BC).
Size: 40" x 40"
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Si Se Puede
Spanish for "Yes, it can be done", it is the motto of the United Farm Workers. In 1972, during Cesar Chavez's 24 day fast Phoenix, AZ, he and UFW's co-founder, Dolores Huerta, came up with the slogan. The phrase has been widely adopted by other labor unions and civil rights organizations. Size: 24" x 24" |
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Line/Language Sampler
The very first piece in the series, a nod to fabric samplers that girls made to learn how to embroider letters and images. The letters seen here became simplified in later Line/Language artworks.
Size: 18" x 24"
The very first piece in the series, a nod to fabric samplers that girls made to learn how to embroider letters and images. The letters seen here became simplified in later Line/Language artworks.
Size: 18" x 24"
