Bidding is now open for the second section of the SAQA Benefit Auction 2020 which includes my contribution In a Whisper of Time. Can you spot it in the line up below? I selected A Whisper in Time, a thread painting from my back catalogue, as a gentle antidote to 2020 and hope that it […]
Season After Season
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 […]
Monthly Art Project 2019: June – Whale Trails
My self-guided Monthly Art Project for the first half of 2019 is to make a 30x30cm (12x12in) textile sketch that is based on the view from my studio overlooking Copacabana and Allagai Bay. This is the final installment – a mini version of my earlier work Seachange: Whale Tracks celebrating the wonder of whale migration […]
Whale Tracks: Follow My Process: Part 3 Stitching and Finishing
This is third and final part of series of blog posts about the creation of my textile painting Seachange: Whale Tracks. This artwork has been selected for the Studio Art Quilt Associates* global exhibition Season After Season on tour 2019-2022. Part 1: Design and Fabric Selection Part 2: Construction and Assembly Part 3: Stitching and […]
Whale Tracks: Follow My Process: Part 2 Construction and Assembly
This is part of series of blog posts about the creation of Seachange: Whale Tracks that has been selected for the Studio Art Quilt Associates* global exhibition Season After Season (on tour 2019-2022). The first post considered Design and Fabric Selection. This post is all about construction and assembly. The final post will focus on […]
Season After Season: Winter Solstice
There is something reassuring about the patterns and rhythms of life, season after season. It’s June – the time of year that I spend a lot of time gazing out over Allagai Bay, binoculars at the ready. I am no David Attenborough but here’s video evidence of the spectacle of migrating humpback whales. And even […]
