To mark the 20th anniversary of my first baby quilt, I have been reflecting on what I have learned along the way. Creative Backstory is a series of blog posts each highlighting a different year. I invite you to share your creative backstory. Each day, I will post an optional prompt. Leave your response as […]
Contemporary Quilts
Petite Miniature Textiles 2020
Petite Miniature Textiles 2020 opens today at Wangaratta Art Gallery and continues on exhibition until 16 August 2020. Two of my works from my 2019 monthly art project are part of the exhibition: Allagai: High Summer and Allagai: Suspended Kelp. These pandemic times are challenging for the arts sector and I am grateful to the […]
SAQA Spotlight Auction 2020
As with so many other events and mass gatherings in these pandemic times, the 2020 SAQA conference was cancelled and moved online. The associated SAQA Spotlight Auction 2020 has moved online too which means anyone can participate – virtually. Here is my donation work Acuity #3: Rose Tinted View. My artist statement seems even more […]
Integrifolia #3 at Quilts=Art=Quilts 2019
Quilts=Art=Quilts 2019 continues on exhibition at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, New York until 5 January 2020. Juried by Claire Benn and Petra Fallaux, features 73 quilts from 64 artists including my artwork Integrifolia #3: Stops and Starts. When your work is “working” a long way from home, and you cannot attend the exhibition […]
Seachange:Whale Tracks at the European Patchwork Meeting 2019
My artwork Seachange: Whale Tracks is currently touring with the Studio Art Quilt Associates/SAQA* global exhibition Season After Season. I wrote a comprehensive series of blog posts about the creation of this artwork on my blog and also produced a journal that you can preview in full and/or buy on Blurb. When your work is away […]
Integrifolia #5: Propagation in Art Quilt Australia 2019
Art Quilt Australia 2019 opened at the National Wool Museum, Geelong last night. The exhibition continues until 15 December 2019 and will tour to Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, Lilydale, Victoria from 8 February-16 May 2020. I am thrilled that my artwork Integrifolia#5: Propagation is part of the exhibition. Here’s how this work came to life. […]