Shades of Moss
Ghost Reef, no. 2
Kimono
Magnolia Leaves Always Fall
Ghost reef I
Guinevere has Insomnia
Leaving the City
Rare Sighting
When I think of Water
In the Gulf
Rust is a Slow Fire
Even the Dust Refused
Ginkgo Dance
Just for a Moment
Melting into the Gulf
After the Covid lockdown in 2020, I began making pieced canvases with a thought of painting on them.
I’ve always been drawn to the texture and malleability of cloth. I use artist canvas, remnants, vintage and salvaged fabrics in natural fibers for my textile work—I want to feel a sense of history and substance. The quilting is done on a longarm machine using wool batting.
Soon I found myself printing digital images I made from my paintings and photos onto fabric, then stitching these images into my compositions. To get the gradations of color I wanted or to add complexity to a shape, I have begun to paint on cloth with dyes and oil sticks. Sometimes I mask off a shape and paint during the quilting process. Often I will cover an image with stitching, in fact, painting with thread. I enjoy improvising designs and stitching with the freedom of drawing, finding inspiration in natural shapes, music, linear motifs in Asian and other art forms. These days, I am exploring ways to more fully integrate stitching into my painting practice.