Name Waterline on Lake Mead Medium Quilt  Art / Fibre Art Description Waterline on Lake Mead ‘percolated’  for a couple of years before an quilt art exhibition opportunity spurred me into action.  During our almost four years of travel I became acutely aware of how much of the North America continent is ‘desert’.  It also put into perspective the ‘water wars’ that periodically emerge in Canada/USA...

 Name Late Season Harvest Medium Quilt / Fibre Art Description Late Season Harvest was created specifically for the Fibre Art Network show ‘Canadian Content’ , starting it’s travels at the Remarkable Symposium in Queenstown, New Zealand and returning home after the International Quilt Festival in Houston Texas 2012.  I really appreciate the opportunities for exhibitions provided by this group. During the four years of our RV...

                     Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 8 Medium Card stock, gesso, watercolour, coarse salt, magazine clippings Description This is week 8 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  Identify five places you would like to visit. This week’s art journal tag...

  Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 7 Medium Card stock, gesso, watercolour, paper doily, embossed heart shapes and ribbon (some courtesy of Jan), handcut felt lettering Description This is week 7 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  This weeks challenge was What do you love? I started this week’s art journal...

 Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 6 Medium Card stock, gesso, brushwork doodle, stick-on letters, squiggles paint, metallic mesh ribbon Description This is week 6 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  This weeks challenge was When you’re on top of the world….. I started this week’s art journal tag by...

Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 5 Medium Card stock, gesso, stamps, photo, magazine clippings, doodles from a ‘play day’. Description This is week 5 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  This weeks challenge was How do you appreciate yourself? I started this week’s art journal tag by applying gesso and...

    Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 4 Medium Card stock, cracker package, heat embossed fun foam, tags, watercolour, photo fixative Description This is week 4 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  This weeks challenge was How do you feel when you are by yourself? For the background this week, I experimented...

    Name Alberta Gold Medium Quilt / Fibre Art Description This smallish quilt/ fibre art piece (many of mine are large) was inspired by some photos I took one September day while sitting on my son’s back deck.  It was a glorious September day.  The sky was a vivid blue and the aspen leaves were golden.  It was balmy – just a perfect day!  I get that same feeling every time I look at this piece. 11″ x 15″ Circa...

 Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 3 Medium Card stock, gesso, acrylic paint, cotton doily, edge punch, metalic paper, stick-on letters. Description This is week 3 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  For the background this week, I applied gesso and then painted the background in PURPLE – my favorite colour.  The...

  Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 1 Medium Card stock, magazine clip art, acrylic paint over gesso and crackle compound Description This is week 2 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  For the background, I wanted to experiment and get some light texture.  This was one of the tags that I had roughly covered with...