Nature Scenes

  Inspired by photo taken by my husband in Yakima, WA.  We enjoyed visiting our friends and their abundant orchard. Painted background and leaves. Commercial fabrics for appliqued cherries.   Heavily quilted. All wall quilts have a sleeve at the top back for ease of hanging.

The "Old Round Barn" in Loleta, CA measures 28" tall x 38" wide. I made one prior project for my friend that was fun.  I decided to make this smaller version for myself.  The sky is painted.  The barn is as well and then thread...

I enjoyed making this small quilt and adding it to a wrapped canvas painting. The quilt is mosaic picture pieced with an overlay of nylon tulle, Tiny piping and binding complete the quilt edge. The edges of the canvas are painted to extend the scene...

Memory of our staycation when our kids visited from the Midwest.  This is the backyard of our vacation rental. The quilt has a hanging sleeve on the top back for ease of hanging.

I recently made a small quilt for friends. It's a barn of the past. The boughs on the tree are constructed of Superior thread, using a water soluble stabilizer, and a layer of tulle.  I enjoy using this method to  make the boughs look more...

This quilt was made using a photo of an overblown artichoke as inspiration.  It was dried up and left over from last years garden.  It caught my eye and I decided to use it as I experimented painting on silk.  The result was a fun...

One of my favorite subjects, the redwood forest.  This one is small and is in the mosaic style that I enjoy.

This tiny quilt was made for a Studio Art Quilt Assn challenge.  It was a scene found in the Arcata Redwood Forest. This tiny quilt was a photo transfer onto silk fabric and then heavily machine quilted. I was honored to have the National Quilt...

One thing you will notice if you visit a redwood forest...the people will all look up.  You can't resist, they are just amazing.  This is done in my mosaic method with heavy quilting and sun rays  highlighted. This quilt was juried into and displayed at...

The scene for the Guardian was set at Stone Lagoon. The sky is woven, with collaged fabrics for the rest of the picture - except for the buck.  He was painted on ultra suede - detail below. Displayed and Humboldt Arts Council Show November 2019