Auckland Quilt Symposium 2019 was an opportunity for me to view the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA)* Oceania exhibition – Connections. All works are 100x60cm (HxW) and address the theme of connection in some way. The exhibition will tour next to: 17 April –10 May 2020 –Gallery M, Adelaide 26-28 March 2020, Crafters Fair (Expertise), […]
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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: January – High Summer
The start of a new year is an opportunity for me to revise and reset the S.M.A.R.T. parameters for my Monthly Art Project. S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for: specific, measurable, achieveable, realistic and timebound.With this in mind, this is my pledge: Each month (January-June 2019), I will make a 30x30cm (12x12in) textile sketch that is […]
Taking Shape: Monthly Art Project: Completed!
My creative challenge for 2018 was Taking Shape: Cues from Nature where each month I made a 50x50cm abstract textile painting with a focus on shape. For my 12th and final work in this collection, I was inspired by the gang of cockatoos that often hang out on the power lines in the street below. […]
Taking Shape: Monthly Art Project: September 2018
It’s September and month eight of my creative challenge for 2018 Taking Shape: Cues from Nature. This time I am revisiting the crest of cockatoos. For Week 35 of my Weekly Art Project, I copied the yellow sulphur colour pretty faithfully: Â Â Â It was fun to reimagine this design on a larger scale in turquoise […]
Buda Contemporary Textiles 2018
Shake a Tailfeather (62x84cm) makes its Victorian debut at the Buda Contemporary Textiles Biennial which opens today 28 July 2018 at Buda Historic Home, 42 Hunter St, Castlemaine, Victoria. This work follows on from the Tailfeather textile sketch that I made for Week 39 of my Copa Abstractions weekly art project. I posted some work in […]