Quilt & Fiber Art
Hope for the Future is the third in a series called “Forgotten Memories” that I did for my senior exhibit at Oklahoma State University in 2010. It is a thread painted portrait of me and my siblings. It is about 16″ x 24″ and appliqued onto a pieced background.
Optimism in the Spring is the second in a series that I did for my senior exhibit at Oklahoma State University in 2010. It is a portrait of my parents, Homer & Maxine wedding photograph. My dad was in the Army Air Corp. They got married in the spring and had the optimism of…
Bittersweet Sixteen is a play on the “sweet sixteen” idea. It is a photograph of my mother Maxine when she was about 16 years old. Her future is ahead of her and she looks joyous. The bittersweet part comes as not knowing that her later years would be “bitter” with Alzheimer’s disease. …
Bruiser was my daughter’s cat. I’m not a cat person but Bruiser was the sweetest cat I have ever known. It is a thread painting, about 16″ x 20″. It now belongs to her.
B Bear is in Old English Sheepdog. I did this piece when I took a class from Jennifer Day in New Mexico. It is a thread painting, about 9″ x 12″. Sold to a private collector.
This photo was taken of my mother when she was about 90 years old. One day while visiting her I just wrapped my red scarf around her neck and snapped her photo. She had Alzheimer’s and passed away a couple of years after this photo was taken. In the original photo there was a…