Commissions
Do you have an idea you want brought to life? Ask Alice!Richmond Reimagined
This piece was commissioned by the Richmond California Housing Authority for installation in its newly renovated Nevin Plaza. The Housing Authority’s mission is to revitalize old neighborhoods while also allowing its seniors and disadvantaged citizens to find a better future for themselves in new and rehabilitated housing. In keeping with that theme, I wondered what the city itself would look like if some of its most iconic locations (many of them miles apart from each other in real life) could magically be brought together to form a new “virtual” landscape. To that end, I created “Richmond Reimagined” where the Municipal Natatorium (aka the “Plunge”), the Winters Building, Rosie the Riveter Park, a waterfront pier and two of Richmond’s most famous citizens, Rosie the Riveter and Betty Reid Soskin (the nation’s oldest Park Ranger) all come together one bright imaginary spring day.
Cotton fabrics (commercial and printed by the artist)
(2024), 48″ x 72″
No One Succeeds Alone
I was recently commissioned by PayPal to create a piece that would be the design for this year’s Maggie Lena Walker award. Paypal makes this award each year to several young businesswomen who have shown themselves to be emerging leaders from underrepresented communities. Here I’m depicting one of these young women and the mentor or ancestor who stands behind her and who has helped make her success possible. For that reason, I call the piece “No One Succeeds Alone”.
cotton, silk, lace fabrics, commercial and printed by the artist (2023), 36″ x 24″
Food for Thought
Commissioned by Stanford University for the Escondido Village Graduate Residences.
silk and cotton fabrics (commercial and printed by artist)
(2022), 43″ x 80″
Fandango
A whirl of tango dancers; a penthouse ballroom and a Manhattan skyline. What could be more romantic?
silk and cotton fabrics (2022), 42″ x 68″
The Highland Series
In 2012 I was asked to create a series of pieces for the new Highland Hospital Acute Tower Facility in Oakland, California.
These three pieces about joyful shared moments were the results.
“A Birthday Wish”
All eyes are on the Birthday Girl as she prepares to make a wish.
Quilt composed of cotton fabrics
(2012)
38 ½” x 58 ½”
“Circle of Friends”
Congratulations were in order when these friends came together.
Quilt composed of cotton fabrics
(2012)
33” x 53”
“The Summer We Learned to Swim”
Who can forget that special summer when a new skill just finally clicked into place?
Quilt composed of cotton fabrics
(2013)
30” x 59”
Still Life
“Glass Garden” was commissioned by a flower lover who wanted to see all of her garden favorites at once.
Silk, cotton fabrics on stretcher bars (2017), 76” x 14”
