Fibre Artist
Today I finished a thread painting of the Keswick River in autumn which was commissioned this summer. My process is to paint the background and then enhance the detail by adding texture using the needle on my sewing machine like a paint brush.
The first photo shows the scene as I finished the painting and the second reveals the finished piece before it goes to the framer for stretching, matting and framing.
There is an extensive interview with Susan Lilley about my work on http://saqaatlanticcanada.blogspot.com posted on August 7, 2018.
Last night was the opening of my solo exhibition which featured thread paintings and wall quilts at the Charlotte Glencross Gallery, Charlotte St. Arts Centre Fredericton NB. The exhibition runs until Oct. 9. The Arts Cente is open 8:30 am -9 pm.
Here is a photo of my Saint John River piece at the beginning of day four.
There will be an interview about my fibre art work and my artist in residency at the Casemates in Fredericton NB on CHSR radio 97.9 FM at noon on July 5. It can be heard by podcast later.
I’m working on a thread painting of the Saint John river.
I wanted to show a beautiful NB river for my post card for the CQA fund raiser coming at the national conference in Vancouver.
I will be teaching and delivering three slide/trunk presentations for the Oxford Quilt Guild and the London Friendship Quilter’s Guild for the first two weeks in April. Hopefully spring will have reached Ontario.
Soon after I return to NB I will be attending the SAQA retreat May 4-6 in Debert NS.
Raining Cats and Dogs was shown at the Canadian Quilters’ Association/Association canadienne de la courtepointe National Juried Show in Toronto Ontario
June 14-17, 2017.
My Peaceful Oasis hangs at the Grand National Juried Quilt Show at Josef Schneider Haus in Kitchener Ontario from May 7 to September 3, 2017.
My sewing room has not been busy this winter. We went to Antigua for 11 days in late January and early February. We were home for less then two weeks and we went to Kitchener Ontario for 5 days to celebrate the wedding of our son. Below is a picture of my son and his bride, my husband, daughter and myself. Then we were home for only 4 days before heading off to Nova Scotia where I was teaching and delivering a slide/trunk presentation for the Mahone Bay Quilters Guild and the Town and Country Quilt guild.
However my efforts of last year have been rewarded with my accepted entries( see previous post).
