It’s the season for irises in the southeastern USA! I’ve been working on other projects and haven’t had much time in the studio this week, so i’m republishing an iris painting from the spring of […]
Category Archives: Garden
Base Layer
I started this collage using a symmetrical composition from Deborah Boschert’s book Art Quilt Collage. I placed an urn shape in the center and made the left and right sides the same. Using a square […]
Gathering
This week I’ve continued to print fabrics and gather images to use in a new series of fabric collages. I want to combine inspiration from my garden with personal symbols from memories. I like […]
Fabric Printing in Turquoise
With turquoise as my Color of the Year, I’ve started collecting and printing fabrics for a new group of collages. I have a few fabrics in my stash that may work, and I want to […]
Gratitude and Hope
As we all know, 2020 has been, and continues to be, a weird and unsettling year. As we approach the American Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, nothing seems to be “normal”. When I look for reasons […]
Pink and Yellow
Autumn is flirting with my part of South Carolina. Summer perennials are going to seed, and leaves are beginning to fall. But the days are still warm, and the late blooming perennials are having a […]
Leaves
As we move into September in South Carolina, the weather still feels like summer. But the leaves are showing bits of yellow ochre that hint at the coming of fall.
Beautyberry Quilt
Sometimes I find inspiration in the strangest places. While my art is based on painting and printing, I like to watch and listen to artists who work in other media. This week the following […]
Weedy Garden
As summer heat drags on and days grow shorter, chlorophyl decreases. Warm tones of olive and avocado forecast the coming of autumn. For this piece, I printed ferns and weeds from the garden on […]
Immersed in Green
As I observed two weeks ago, the South Carolina gardenscape is GREEN. The view from my studio at the back of my home has glimpses of a sunny golf course through fig, magnolia, palm, and […]