Traveling Soles at the Jeanne Rauch Gallery

I've had the pleasure of being invited to participate in an art exhibit for which

the theme is any interpretation of "Traveling Soles."

I chose to exercise poetic and phonetic license (with the curators' blessing)

by interpreting the idea as Travelling Souls and, thus, this piece was born.

The image has been seared in my mind for years; I only hope I did it justice.

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To Their Watery Graves

YC Magazine December 2010

Read an article about my work "Sightlines: Tension" published in

YC Magazine’s December 2010 issue right here:

Thank you, Bill Henson!

Sightlines Unveiled

Read all about it! Read all about it!

The catalog for the "Sightlines" show is out just in time for the inaugural event

in Houston, TX this week during the International Quilt Festival.

About a year ago, out of several hundred candidates, fourteen artists

were chosen to create an installation of artworks featuring a sightline

linking all the work in the exhibit. Each artist chose her own theme

and created a central piece plus an additional four linking pieces,

covering a total of ten feet in width each.

Photographer Gregory Case took this photo of my piece for the show's catalog.

Click on it to enlarge. I am so very pleased with this representation of my

work - thank you, Gregory.  The detail photo is mine.

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Tension

If you see it in person, let me know what you think.

Centralia

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Centralia 

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On the way home from Spoon River, I visited the desolate town

of Centralia.  My new imaginary city is done.

New residents are moving in. Applications are still open.

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Magic

how magic is made: the ingredients of a myth

choices skill see

introspection risk

mistakes hope

concentration practice

mastery curiosity

imagination

discipline

patience homework

persistence

Spoon River

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1000 Artisan Textiles

Here is the cover--one of my pieces is featured in the

bottom row, 2nd in from the right.  A cover girl at my age!

What a pleasure to have my work included in

the "1000 Artisan Textiles" book due out

May 2010 by Rockport Publishers/Quarry Books.

Thank you Gina M. Brown and also Sandra

Salamony, editor and wonderful artist in her

own right. Directly from them:

"This beautiful collection includes fine artisan examples of 

contemporary textiles and fiber art including quilts, linens, garments,

 wall hangings, and wearable art. A wide variety of techniques

 are featured, including hand and machine embroidery,

 decorative stitching, batik, dyeing, fabric painting, appliquè, felt,

 and all types of surface decoration. Full-color photography

 features both full views as well as close ups that will

 allow readers to appreciate the finer details of many works."