Belated Happy 2020!
Long time no posts! (it looks like I only did two blog postings in 2019. Bummer! but I forgive myself) = Because on the upside, I've been getting a lot of work done...Wish I were better at keeping all things moving forward, but alas, I'm full of flaws...

Hopefully I can give a good run-down here on art pieces that were in progress, plus share some new ones that are also now in progress. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, we'll go with pictures :)    (...with captions of course!)

In 2019 I finished two large pieces, fourteen small pieces, and one medium piece; with a lot of others in some stage or another started (2 more large, 4 medium, 11-15 small, plus the ikat panels that are basically done but I'm waiting on the reeds to hang them from).

Plus I also found time to experiment! And stretch my boundaries/comfort-zone a little bit, by getting slightly three dimensional, but not quite.... (look for the needle weaving on shuttles and a woven box in progress). Baby steps, we'll see if they become anything interesting...

Here's a photo gallery below, showing some of that progress - Enjoy!

And there are still other pieces that I've shown in past blog posts that are waiting for their next steps - mostly the stitching part....So there's a lot in progress. Wish me luck getting things done!! I'll need it  :)
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This summer I'll have a solo show that I'm really excited about! and it's intimidating too, in that I don't know how much I can  accomplish for it. But with some luck, a lot of diligence/follow through--and probably most important will be good time management--it will all come together okay (crossing fingers!)

...Well, I'll wrap this up as the snow comes down heavy right now.  Gotta get back to some stitching!!

But before I go, here's proof that occasionally (not too often truthfully) I get outside to play, here's a photo from one of the few times I've cross country skied this winter. Haven't done it that much, but more than last year when I hurt my wrist badly...Today my outdoor adventure might just be shoveling, ha!

Happy Winter everybody!
Please get in touch with any comments or questions, I love hearing from folks
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Long Time No Blogging! I wish I were better at adding things here, but alas, like so many of us, Time is My Nemesis. We've gone through a beautiful spring and summer, and now we are  into autumn!  This is a long overdue catchup for sure....The colors are really coming along this past week. This photo to the left is from the annual Kent Museum art exhibit in Kent's Corner, VT. The colors were just starting to turn a bit when we got there last week. The show is always amazing, so make a point to check it out sometime. Every Sept-Oct the show lasts the whole month...This year's show is called ReVision....
 
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As always, my studio work is slow but steady. Recently I just finished up two larger works, and have been making progress on lots of other pieces that are all in various stages. 

​This piece below is called 'Clearing' (photo credit Paul Rogers). It is 30"h x 48"w, and was made with textured acrylic paint on canvas, my hand-dyed silk gauze, more paint and graphite, then layers of silk, a little color pencil, and a lot of hand stitching. The stitching really catches the light from certain angles, causing an effect that I just love...

This next piece below is also 30"w x 48"h (photo credit Paul Rogers). I'm still deciding on a title, so right now 'Untitled'. It was made with hemp/linen fabric that went through multiple stages of shibori-dying and color removal, then cut and pieced, also with selected warp areas removed. It was stretched over painted canvas, with color pencil, acrylic paint, and hand stitching. The subtle lines from the shibori stitchings make for a really active ground pattern. I love the presence of this piece, and really need to get it a title!   

Below are some of the smaller 8"x8" pieces that are in progress. They are all cut from two of the Ikat panels that I'd worked on awhile back...These particular panels ended up not as interesting as they were/too even-toned. So I'd cut them down to make some multiples, and then did some color removal to each of them. Then I've been layering up the fabrics behind them, and doing some hand stitching. They are coming along as a really nice grouping, I'm enjoying them so much! In the end, I think there will be twelve of them. (please excuse any poor photos, I'm not the best at that!)

Here's a bunch of other studio shots of different pieces in progress...Please click on the gallery to be able to read their captions to learn some tidbit of info on technique or backstory....And of course, please get in touch if you're curious to learn more!

Okay, well there are a few more in progress but I gotta get off this computer already! You can see why I don't post too often, ha!

Hope everyone enjoys this fleeting season, and thank you for reading. Get in touch if you have questions!

In the previous blog post, there's a photo of small woven pieces in progress. They were cut down from a couple panels from the Ikat Warp project that's been brewing over time. I should have posted this image above for context....It shows the almost-full length of the woven yardage. Only one panel was cut from the length (that's the second one hanging on the right side of image).

Anyway, the smaller pieces in the previous post were cut from the two sections that are in the middle of the warp here-just as the length turns left / goes horizontal in the photo...

and below here is an image of the two panels I think came out the most successful overall, the contrast of the ikat stands out most in them and the 'island' shape is almost a mirror image on them...

I'm not sure how these will finish up...for now it interests me that they pick up colors that are also in the mixed media textile painting that's been in progress (shown on the wall behind it). Hopefully when they are all finished, they will relate to each other...not just in color, but because of the 'island' shape/theme that I've been working with for a bit.... 

So just wanted to post this - will be trying to be more frequent here. We'll see how that goes!

Till then, here's a shot of the park up the hill from the other weekend - the snow is melting more this weekend I hope. The sun is out strongly this morning, so it's a safe bet :)