Memories of spring travel on the west coast, campgrounds surrounded with Dogwood, white blossoms against the vivid greens of a spring woodland. Dogwood, Textile art, 2016 12″w x 24″h, mounted on canvas covered frame Exhibition: Botanical Reflections Venue: Van Dusen Gardens, Vancouver, BC January 27 – March 15, 2017 For sale: $495.00

Memories of pink blossoms cascading from the trees as we cycled in Vancouver in the spring of 2014. Cherry Blossoms, Textile art, 2016 24″w x 12″h, mounted on canvas covered frame Exhibition: Botanical Reflections Venue: Van Dusen Gardens, Vancouver, BC January 27 – March 15, 2017 For sale: $495.00  

This is just an advance peek at what is happening in the studio. I’m battling a flu bug at the moment so haven’t taken the ‘official’ exhibition photos for submission to the Fibre Art Network (FAN) ‘Botanical Reflections’ exhibition and sale to open at Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver on 27 January 2017. These were quick shots taken with my tablet under low light conditions after I completed the framing this...

Size 29.5″ hx 40″w Artist Statement During a visit to childhood haunts along the Tay I recalled how the river influenced my formative years. The Tay, the river where I learned to swim at the age of five was a favoured canoe route between Christie Lake and the town of Perth, Ontario. An unfulfilled dream of a red canoe still survives! The family sugarbush hugged the shores of the river and provided a place to daydream and relive the...

    I’ve been watching for additional shows to enter and a couple of years ago I had flagged the ‘Focus on Fibre’, a biennial exhibition in Edmonton as a possibility. The 2016 theme ‘My Heritage’ was especially appealing as it fits so well with my current work direction. Over the past couple of years I have been working on a piece ‘just because’ I wanted to, without a schedule or plan for it!...

Last year a group of Calgary and area Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) decided to meet and share ideas. This gathering resulted in the assembly of an exhibition ‘Road Trip’. The theme was an invitation to share memories or dreams of a road trip. This show was non-juried and limited to new work. It portrays a wide variety of artist styles and interpretations. Earlier this year, this exhibition was shown at the Fish Creek and...

Grand Tour – Fading Memories 2008 – 2012 was create for a SAQA Calgary Pod exhibition in 2016. It documents our travels during our four years of full-time RVing, including our Panama Canal cruise with stops in Central America. Details can be found in Our travel blog. Size: 30″ x 30″ Hand coloured whole cloth fabric, embroidery, applique fabric photo transfer, machine quilting and stitching Exhibitions – Fish Creek...

Although Dad didn’t participate in needle crafts, he inspired my work in many other ways. I chose to include him in ‘The Tie That Binds’ because we shared an interest in genealogy that led to my desire to record family history in a variety of ways.  In this piece, I even included one of his favorite ties! Early Life JRE Miller (Ernie) was born at Glen Tay during WW1, attend Glen Tay Public School (SS#3 Bathurst, also my alma...

Evelyn Mather was an only daughter and grew up on a farm near Balderson ON with her three brothers. She didn’t talk a lot about her childhood but based on information from Uncle Gord, her early childhood may have been greatly affected by her Mother’s farm accident. She seems to have had a love of needlework all her life and was probably inspired by her Mother’s work. Mom was a star pupil in SS#9 Bathurst and went on to do well...

Grandma Bella was a little more of an unknown to me when I undertook this series for the TREX exhibition. Although Grandma and Grandpa Mather were frequent visitors, especially for Sunday evening supper, they did not play as large a roll in my life as Granny Alice. As youngsters, we stayed with these grandparents for short periods during the summers and it was during these stays that I was able to take a few swimming lessons at the Perth...