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I have been sewing and making art, albeit separately, most of my life. My creative endeavors followed many circuitous twists and turns before I found my way to textile collage and brought these two disciplines together into one My previous work with pastels, watercolor, and graphic design provided avenues of exploration in color, technique, and an innate love of order and arrangement. Travel to Asia and time spent living in San Francisco and Hawaii proved to be years of fascinating cultural and artistic exposure that expanded my horizons way beyond my New England upbringing and education. Fortuitously, becoming an expectant mother led me back to sewing and the subsequent discovery of "art quilts". My work has appeared in galleries throughout the country and is included in numerous private collections. I currently live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. |
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My
work is a window to the joys, struggles and perplexities of everyday
life. I strive to understand the personal impact these issues
have on me, while embracing their universal qualities.
Abstraction, through the exploration of shape, color, and
texture, allows me to examine this universality. Fiber is visually appealing and, because of its tactile nature, lends emotional intimacy to my textile collages. Layering various mediums, textures, weights, and sheens adds dimension through fluctuating saturation of color and interplay of light. Surprises arise when these diverse materials are juxtaposed during the creative process - suprises I welcome and that enrich the evolution of the artwork. I employ a multitude of processes such as embroidery, heat transfer of my oil pastel drawings, and quilting by hand and machine in order to create depth and physical presence within each piece. My aim is that the eye will vacillate between the surface treatment of the picture plane and the molding of an image within it, thus creating a dialogue that enhances the interaction between the emotional and the intellectual emphasis of my work. |
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EXHIBITIONS (* Solo Shows) |
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| 2008 ThreadlLines 2008, Missouri State Univ. Art + Design Gallery, Springfield, MO Bucks County Community College ArtMobile, Bucks County, PA 2007 Topography, www.saqa.com, curated by Cindi Huss Art Quilts Lowell 2007, The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA Reflections, www.saqa.com, curated by Michelle Verbeeck Mood Spaces, www.saqa.com, curated by Madeleine Appell 2006 European Edition - Changing the World, Val D'Argent, Sainte Marie aux Mines, Alsace, France Exposed! Contemporary Art Quilts at Noho, Noho Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Fine Art Quilts 2005, Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN A Tribute to Fiber Art, APEX Gallery, Washington DC 2004 New Artists New Works, West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park, Stowe, VT * Work in Transition, Pennswood Village Art Gallery, Newtown, PA 2003 Fine Craft Show, Gallery of Fine Art, Newtown, PA Wish You Were Here - The Postcard Show, Mixed Media Gallery, Doylestown, PA 2002 Elizabeth W. Fram / Jill Biros, Cultural Arts in Progress! Gallery, Yardley, PA 2000 * Through the Eye of the Needle, Pennswood Village Art Gallery, Newtown, PA Frida Kahlo Juried Theme Exhibit, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
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EDUCATION |
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Studio Art,
Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, B.A. 1980 Graphic Design, Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art), Portland, Maine, 1981 |
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AFFILIATIONS |
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Studio Art
Quilts Associates, Professional Artist Member Surface Design Association Friends of Fiber Art International American Craft Council Arts and Cultural Council of Bucks County |
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