I've been making fabric portraits in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1988. My goal from the start has been to use fabric as a medium of expression. I incorporate the same light, shadow and realistic perspective used by artists in other media, but without the use of paint, dyes or other surface treatments. Instead I use the ordinary quilter's tools of commercial fabric and thread. I use unexpected prints rather than solid colors to recreate the complexities of the human form in my portraits and to make vibrant still life compositions. All pieces are cut free-hand with scissors or rotary cutter and machine appliqued. Most recently I have moved from the layered "quilt" form to fabric compositions that are either stretched on canvas or mounted on a rigid surface such as foamboard. I'm proud to be part of the exciting movement that is taking the woman's work we call quilting from "art" to ART!
I've been making fabric portraits in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1988. My goal from the start has been to use fabric as a medium of expression. I incorporate the same light, shadow and realistic perspective used by artists in other media, but without the use of paint, dyes or other surface treatments. Instead I use the ordinary quilter's tools of commercial fabric and thread. I use unexpected prints rather than solid colors to recreate the complexities of the human form in my portraits and to make vibrant still life compositions. All pieces are cut free-hand with scissors or rotary cutter and machine appliqued. Most recently I have moved from the layered "quilt" form to fabric compositions that are either stretched on canvas or mounted on a rigid surface such as foamboard. I'm proud to be part of the exciting movement that is taking the woman's work we call quilting from "art" to ART!