Land and Sea Scape Quilts
Night on the Bayou
59" x 31"
Completed in 2018
This quilt is inspired by a wonderful painting by Joel Christopher Payne, a Disney artist, from whom I bought the rights for making one show quilt. I loved his painting, but it was darker and did not have much of the Spanish Moss. I had made a collection of wood print commercial fabrics over the years and used every one of them in the making of th
Waiting
48" x 60"
Completed in 2014
This is the first in my series of quilts related to women down through history ho have seen their men go off to war or other dangerous jobs for extended periods while they stayed behind to carry the responsibilities of running the home. Traditional storm-at-sea block makes up the big wave. Clipper ship has added wool batting behind sails, sky is painted with wate
Drawing Nigh
40"x 45"
Completed in 2016
This is the second in my series of quilts related to women down through history who have seen their men go off to war or other dangerous jobs for extended periods. It is something of a remake of the first in this series "Waiting...". This time, the woman has her young tween or early teen daughter with her who hasn't seen her father for over a year and s
The Wizards' Duel
50" x 50"
Completed in 2018
A fantasy quilt imagining a wizards' duel in another place at another time pictured against a turbulent orange sky with an explosive sun. Watching the duel from the sky are nearly invisible creatures..a phoenix, a little bird, a raven, and a pegasus. Across the top of the sky fly what quilters may think are flying geese, but in this place, these