About The Artist

My life is characterized by an abiding interest in all things pertaining to needlework and craft.  As a child I learned hand embroidery, then began to use the sewing machine to make clothes and other items.  Another interest was painting.  I won a first place award for a watercolor painting of Davy Jones of the Monkees when I was 11 or so. There were sewing projects in 4-H and high school home ec classes.  Later I learned crochet and counted cross stitch.

In 1994 I took up the art of layering and stitching known as quilting, learning the basics, then going on to machine quilting with the goal of becoming “good” at it.  In 2001, with a desire to learn to dye fabric, I took a class to learn the basics.  That class has led me into the next and biggest phase of my creative life as I have since been on a continual quest to learn and utilize all techniques to create cloth with a goal of working wholecloth or almost wholecloth with paints and dyes.

MEMBERSHIP IN:

Illinois Artisans Program since 2005

Professional Art Quilters Alliance (PAQA)

Southwestern Indiana Arts Council

Surface Design Association

Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA)

Tri-State Artisans

WORK FOR SALE AT:

Rend Lake Artisan Shop and Visitors Center, Whittington, IL

New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN

Imagine That, Unique Art and Gifts, Evansville, IN

Traveling "Water" Exhibit with PAQA

2007

14th Annual "Working Together" Exhibition June 9-August 5, 2007 Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN

Solarbron Pointe exhibit "Art Of Our Decade" Invitational Juried Art Exhibit 2007, Evansville, IN September 9 through October 4

Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, "Digitized" juried exhibit, October 21 -November 30, Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery, 318 Main St., Evansville, IN

Journal Quilt Project, Quilt Festival, Houston, TX

2008

World Miami Orchid Conference, Miami, FL
15th Annual Newburgh Women's Club Art and Craft Show, Castle High School, Feb. 23, 2008, 9-4

Upcoming Fiber exhibit, Arts Council, Evansville, IN August 18-September 26, Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery

Inspired Women in Art exhibit, March 6-April 4, Newburgh, IN

Journal Quilt Project, Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL and Long Beach, CA

2009

Art In The City, Arts Council Members Exhibit, Evansville, IN

 Working Together Arts Council Exhibit, July 11-August 23, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IL  Honorable Mention Award

2010

Form, Not Function, Carnegie Center, New Albany, IN, January 8 - March 6, 2010

Published in January issue of The Art Journal Journey, online e-zine at www.artellaland.com

2011

Exhibit - Surface Matters - Women's Institute and Gallery, New Harmony, IN