news

the yellow wall paper, 1988  hand made paper, cotton, fuzing and stitch,
typed text from Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story 

I have a lot of news.
I am putting it into this single post.
All illustrations are stitched paper pieces I made when I was 32 or so. (sorry,they are scanned from slides and some are fuzzy}

"I kept still and watched the moonlight on that undulating wall paper until I felt creepy"

I am still experiencing a lot of pain and lameness in my left leg.  (bad news )

section of diptych Woman is Nurture  watercolour on paper, stitched to velvet, found text 1987

I am preparing a solo show for a commercial gallery in Toronto for this coming October.  The gallery is the David Kaye Gallery.  (good news)
I am making new work for it.  (more good news)

Grandmother's Paper Garden 1987, women's magazine papers stitched to cotton

I am included in a new book about the history of the art quilt.  The quilt that will represent me is from the 80's  here and here  I'm very thrilled to be included among such important quilt artists as Nancy Crow, Dorothy Caldwell, Yvonne Porcella, Chungie Lee, Michaael James, Yoshiko Jinzenji...on and on.  here is the entire list.  (good news)

The Mother The Child 1988 cut up watercolour painting and family photographs stitched to damask,
overlayed with ink drawing on sheer organza 

That reminds me that Martha Sileman's International Art Quilts: Abstract and Geometric came out last month.  (here)

the mother the child detail ( nine-patches made from photos of my childhood and paintings of tree branches)

 I saved the best news for last.

the mother the child 1988 stitched paper on damask , a self portrait

We have a new baby in our family.  Maia was born Thursday January 19, a little sister for Aili.