I muse over life I capture through the lens. Inspired by
global travel, my current work is developed through digital alchemy, printed on
natural fabrics and enhanced with surface design. I strive to create imagery
with color, pattern and repetition to produce a magical moment in time.
In ACN’s
last call for entry, “Anything Goes”, my juried piece was digitally developed in Photoshop with an image of a Vietnamese girl working on a tourist boat. 
After printing on sumptuous silk charmeuse, I applied potato
dextrin and thickened dyes. Her Tapestry (30x60) depicts a
woman’s simple life working day to day on the Mekong River, “a tapestry to feel
& see, impossible to hold”.
Most recently I created art quilts with a water theme. I will take you through a series of steps to
give you a better understanding of how this process works.
In this example I began with a photo I took while at the
Amazon in Peru.
Next I went into an app www.picmonkey.com
and redesigned the photo
Next I went into a folder of scanned images I use to layer
the design. I chose a fabric I had
stamped (Hand-carved) with inks.
This is the result of adding the layer.
Working with the same app and photoshop I eventually got this result and
had it printed on cotton.
I enhanced the piece
by painting with metallic inks and fusing with foil. I free-motion quilted and bound.
Over the past 15 years I have intensely focused on learning
about and working with dyes and numerous surface design techniques on natural
fabrics as my canvas. Coupled with a passion for photography, my current work
utilizes both mediums through digital technology. After exploring digital
design and printing on my own, I took a full time class at RISD in Providence
R.I., followed by classes at Cape Cod Art Association and Quilting Art Quilt
Tahoe (Jane Dunnewold). I am passionate about creating digital design on lustrous silk and other
natural fibers as art cloth and quilts.
I hope this gives you a better understanding of how this works.!
