I am Grateful For The United States holiday, Thanksgiving, takes place on the fourth Thursday of November. It is a time for families to gather for a traditional meal. Many will opt to go around the table and share what they are grateful for. I thought I would do something similar with this post. The… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 11/25
Tag: thread painting
Week in Review 2022 – 11/04
Full Speed Ahead It’s full speed ahead for me and the Senior Executive Director of Studio Operations (aka my husband) as we prepare for this weekend’s open studio. Anyone visiting will be greeted by art as they walk in the front door. Everyone Runs to the View We are fortunate to live in a home… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 11/04
Week in Review 2022 – 10/28
Decisions, Decisions Art is all about decisions. When I start a new thread painting my very first decision is which photo to use. Being the obsessively organized person I am, I maintain a photo folder titled potential quilts. This is subdivided by categories. No surprise one subfolder is titled Lola. Seems she never takes a… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 10/28
Week in Review 2022 – 09/02
SAQA’s Benefit Auction SAQA’s Benefit Auction is a fabulous opportunity to support SAQA’s vision to have the art quilt universally respected as a fine art medium. I’m pleased to donate to this worthy cause with my piece, Lola On the Stairs. I’m also delighted that it was chosen to promote the Benefit Auction in various… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 09/02
Week in Review 2022 – 08/26
Working in a Series It seems I’m working in a series again. This might be a generous interpretation of what working in a series is. However, when I feel compelled to return to the same subject matter and/or technique I call that working in a series. This series could be titled thread painted fauna. With… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 08/26
Week in Review 2022 – 06/24
Look Back It is time to look back. I am at the half way point, a partial finish, in the making of Bat Sh*t Crazy. The impetus for the piece was Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. How could I depict the horror I felt and what I imagined people of Ukraine must feel as their peaceful… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 06/24
Week in Review 2022 – 04/01
What Inspires You? What inspires you? This is a question artists are asked. Therefore, it pays to have your elevator speech prepared to answer. I am inspired with a question, what would happen if…? Art for me is a constant state of exploration and experimentation. I use what I have gleaned over the years and… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 04/01
Week in Review 2022 – 03/11
Experience Is experience a blessing or a curse? Can it be both? That is a question I’ve been asking myself this week. Sometimes A Curse If I had written this post on Wednesday I would have answered experience is a curse. Why? Simple. I began work the previous day certain I knew exactly how I… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 03/11
Week in Review 2021 – 01/01
Taking a look at transformation