Hurricane

I created this piece after Hurricane Sandy in 2012, but it applies to any of the more recent devastating storms as well.  The full title is "Hurricane Sandy Broken Glass."  It occurs to me now that if I create another "Hurricane" piece, it will have a more encompassing title reflecting how much more is broken than just glass.

My Purpose

"My purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset ... to strive, to seek, to find..."

These words are inscribed on the piece with free-motion calligraphy.  The quotation is from one of my most favorite poems, Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson.  It ends with the words, "and not to yield."

I've put a link to the whole poem below for anyone interested:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45392/ulysses

Cinque Terra

My sister, Nina, and I visited several of the villages of Cinque Terra in Italy.  That visit inspired me to create this fiber scene of the charming hillside towns.  Nina is a painter and I will ask her to share any of her work inspired by the same scenes.

Accepted into "Visionary" Show

Yay!  This piece has been accepted into the SAQA VISIONARY Show.  
The full title is "Specularia: Wild Dance at Night."  
Artist Statement: Delight in Movement animates a vibrant scene: I see the rhythms and flow of bright sensuous threads of sound orchestrated for enchantment. 
Materials: International and domestic fabrics (vintage and new).

I also submitted a second piece, "Visionary Faith Turns Walls Into Windows."

Artist Statement: Walls protect us, yet they may limit potential and imagination.  I see art as a process of envisioning windows to access revelations of creativity across boundaries.
 Materials: International and domestic fabrics (vintage and new) and cultural artifacts.