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!...

  Name   Medium Fabric, embroidery floss, sequins Description Kantha Stitch Sampler was created following Anna Hergert’s Kantha Stitch class. I used this as an opportunity to experiment with some black work. Check out Anna’s website at http://annahergert.me/ The only parameter I am trying to adhere to is size. This Kantha stitch journal page is part of a 2014 and beyond series that will in part be a story of my life and of...

One of my goals for 2014 was to apply to as many juried shows as possible. I just heard from the Surface Design Association (SDA) show ‘Edge of the Forest : Exploring Perimeters’ and have yet another piece heading out for travels across Canada. This exhibition features work by Canadian members of the SDA and will open at the: Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts (Ontario) and this show will run from March 1-30, 1915. John M....

Sunday, October 20th, two of my groups came together to hold a ‘pop-up’ art show!  For three hours we were able to share some of our work with friends and acquaintances.  I’ve limited my photos to ones that mainly feature my work as I haven’t had a chance to ask permission from other members to show their work.  However, you can get a peek at the variety of pieces from the more general shots.  I’m saving some of...

  Somewhere on my art journey, I acquired a large plastic bin of tartan and wool skirts.  A few were added from my personal collection over the years and I was/am challenged to figure out what to do with them – all that beautiful woolen fabric! I think that the bin probably dates back to my rug hooking days – they make beautiful variegated fabric when over dyed!  Although I still have one mat/rug in the UFO bin, designed to...

  This coat of metallic fabric found in the dollar bin prior to hallowe’en, was perfect for an ‘armour challenge’ – the ArtWear group’s project for 2007.  It has holograph circles that really make it shimmer! I designed the pattern from scratch based on photos in a Time Life book I had on my bookshelf.  I’ve worn it several times and it is responsible for me meeting Hanne,  my first Alberta based Fibre...

This vest, wearable art, was made in 2008 while spending the winter months in Phoenix AZ.  This was our ‘test’ winter,  the year prior to starting our extended RV travels.  Our son moved to Phoenix in 2001 and we had traveled to the SW each year prior to this.  In 2008 we alternated car travel throughout the state with time exploring the city of Phoenix.  It was the year we truly fell in love with the Southwest. This vest was my...

This jacket is a favorite and I love wearing it!  The initial ‘fabric’ was created in a ‘stack and whack’ workshop at Quilt Canada in Ottawa previously and incorporates four batiks.  I created a jacket pattern (my design) and determined that I would use black fabric as a foil for the patterned fabrics.  Once the surface was pieced it was layered with a light batting and the jacket is lined with another batik.  Each...

  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...