2022 News

Juried into Fiber Art Now Excellence in Quilts 2022, Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset, IA Sept 27-Dec 18, 2022

Juried into AQS Grand Rapids,DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, MI, Aug 17-20, 2022

Juried into 38th Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, The Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO, July 9-Sept 10, 2022

Juried into Evolutions 2022, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, Colorado, Exhibit April 18-July 16, 2022

Juried into COLOR 2022, 3 Square Art, Ft. Collins, CO. Exhibit June3 3, 2022-July 15, 2022

Solo Exhibition: What Did Ming Miss? Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, Colorado, Exhibition April 18-July 22, 2022

Postcards are available for purchase here.

Juried into Microscapes, SAQA Global Exhibition, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, Oct ober 27 – 31, 2021: International Quilt Festival – Long Beach, California: August 4 – 6, 2022; Additional venues TBA

Welcome

I am a retired scientist- no longer teaching, running a research lab or chairing a science department. Now my art studio is my place of thinking and making. It is where I ask open-ended questions, ponder the big picture, and where I learn from failure and celebrate success.

As a cell and molecular biologist, I bring a different perspective to my art quilting. In many cases, my artwork appears magnified and somewhat distorted as if viewed through an imaginary lens. While I may see cells and mysterious microscopic organisms in my quilts, others look outward and observe asteroids, planets and stars.

I work in two very different quilting styles: whole cloth quilts and hand-appliquéd tile quilts. I create my own fabric for the whole cloth quilts either by traditional relief printing or by digitally manipulating my original sun paintings. The appliquéd quilts utilize both hand-dyed and commercially printed fabrics. All of the artwork is heavily hand stitched and machine quilted.