Naturals Gallery
I live in the northwest corner of Washington state. Colors as varied and deep as a glacial lake and as nuanced as fog over the ocean fill every day. Green dominates, in every possible form, from the spruce needles to raspberry leaves to kelp fronds.

Pebbles and Lace is a current series of work using a particular technique. I start with white silk, hand paint it and back it with a stiff stabilizer. Differerent colors, content and weight of thread contributes to the texture and sense of movement. With my sewing machine at high speed, I freehand quilt the piece, moving it under the needle in varying sizes of circles, interconnecting them as I go.


Seafoam
Hand dyed silk, freehand machine quilting.
(Pebbles and Lace Series)
(17x14 inches)

$275


 
Tide Pool
Hand dyed silk, freehand machine quilting.
(Pebbles and Lace Series)
(20x17 inches)

$325


 
Cedar Path
All senses are stimulated on a walk through a cedar forest - nubby leaves, tangy scent, rough bark and so many tones of silver green, deep orange, grey browns.
(33x35 inches)

$900



Granite
Hand dyed silk, freehand machine quilting.
(Pebbles and Lace Series)
(12x29 inches)

$750


 
Granite (detail)


 
Confluence
The meeting place of rivers is in constant turmoil; nothing changes for all the energy expended. Anything drifting down one river will eventually sail the calmer, stronger waters of the combined river.
(35x40 inches)

$400



Spring Tundra
Hand dyed silk, freehand machine quilting.
(Pebbles and Lace Series)
(10x27 inches)

$625


 
Spring Tundra (detail)


 
Reverie
A walk through the woods in autumn...lost in thought.
(12x15 inches)

$200



Floating in a Kelp Forest
Japanese glass floats are elegantly functional. Yarn and fiber seaweed is layered over densely quilted pieced circles. Wrapped spheres of wire, beads and tiny blown glass pieces embellish the work.
(42x39 inches)

$1150


 
Floating in a Kelp Forest (detail)


 
Every Year a Tulip
Regardless of the sweeping changes for the Skagit Valley over the last century, each year the tulips are a source of renewal and tradition. Layers and layers of yarn are stitched to fabric, then the resulting fabric is pieced together.
(27x23 inches)

$275



Cascade
Curvilinear piecing densly quilted.
(22.5x33.5 inches)

$800


 
Cascade (detail)


 
Morning Light
Pieced background, embellished with leaves and quilting.
(33x24 inches)

$800



Drifting
Highly textured fabrics roll like waves, bearing hand stitched clusters and lines of glass beading.
(24x24 inches)

$750


 
Drifting (detail)


 
Waterfalling Streams
This quilt began as a forest, but something was missing. I added a single blue fabric, representative of water and suddenly the quilt focused on that essential, ever moving source of continued life.
(30x30 inches)

$675



Betwixt & Between
Whether we are coming or going is a matter of perspective; only movement may be measured.
(17x41 inches)

$575


 
Betwixt & Between (detail)


 
Shades of Autumn
The fabric in this piece is made by layering yarns on fabric, stitching securely, then washing and drying it to create a nubby texture.
(24x20 inches)

$575



Nebula
Circles and curves, quilted with more curves, swirl and float in layers of color.
(24 x 30 inches)

$525


 
Nebula (detail)


 
Leafless
Imagine the light of an autumn sunset penetrating leaves as they fall. Nature's windowpanes.
(21x24 inches)

$350


image