The genesis of my work as a fabric artist was with my grandmother who spun wool to knit the family's socks and sweaters. It continued through my mother who found joy in dressing me in pretty clothes as a child. Their textile applications, both utilitarian and aesthetic, piqued my early interest in creating my own artistic expression.
One of my greatest pleasure is to cut textiles into little pieces and sew them back together making new and unusual fabrics of my own creation. Many of the fabrics that I use are not traditional quilting fabrics. I dye and add surface design to many of the fabrics and I love to use varied textures and unusual color combinations in my work.
Most of my art reflects my life in Southwestern Missouri in a rural area that overlooks Lake Stockton. My interests in travel, gardening, and photography are a part of my work along with events such as a tornado that destroyed much of our small community in 2003.
EDUCATION:
- Studies at Univ. KS, Brigham Young Univ., Univ. GA, Arrowmont, and Sweden
- Graduate of Washington University, St. Louis
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS, AND COLLECTIONS
2009 - 8” Miniature, Fontbonne Univ. Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO
2008 - One person exhibit, Driskill Gallery, S.W. Baptist University, Bolivar, MO
2008 - “The Nature of Things,” Two person exhibit, The Creamery, Springfield, MO
2008 - National Small Art Quilts, Main St. Gallery, Groton, NY
2007 - “She Made Her Mark,” Judge's Choice Award, Quilters Hall of Fame, Marion, IN
2007 - Art Quilts - Lowell 2007, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
2006 - Art Quilts at the Creamery, Gilded Invitational, Springfield, MO
2006 - Springfield Art Museum, Uncommon Threads Group Show, Springfield, MO
2006 - Windows On My World, Driskill Gallery, S.W. Baptist Univ., Bolivar, MO
2006, 07, 08 - Creamery Arts Center, Springfield, MO,
2006 - Midpoint, Kansas Quilters Society, Meriam, KS
2005 & 2006 - Uncommon Threads, Hawthorne Gallery, Springfield, MO
2002-03 and 2004-05 - MO Fiber Artists, Traveling Exhibit
1998 - Grant from Jacksonville, FL, Community Foundation
1997 - S.E. American Crafts Council, St. Petersburg, FL
1997 - American Quilters Society, 1st place-innovative quilts, Paducah, KY
1978 - Master Weaver Certificate, Handweavers Guild of America
- Private and Corporate collections
