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Lady Darlene
2002
12.5" x 12.5"
Hand dye painted and stamped background by the artist using Deka silk dyes.
Thread painted dahlia and buds, machine quilted.
Statement: This dahlia is called Lady Darlene. It was from my dad's garden and one of his favorites.
Artist's Private Collection
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"To make a prairie, it takes a clover and one bee." . . . Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
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Papa's Pride
 2002
Size: 40.5" X 59.5"
Hand painted and stamped whole cloth background, by the artist. Cottons, batiks, hand dyes, organza, exotic yarns.
Hand and machine constructed 3-D dahlia blossoms, leaves and stems. Thread painted and machine quilted.
Statement: I tried to create my dad's garden in fabric. He grew prize winning dahlias as big as dinner plates in every color of the rainbow.
Artist's Private Collection
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Kosmik Kelpies
2001
Size: 39.5" X 24"
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Cottons, batiks, hand dyes by the artist, beads, chenille yarns, netting
Thread painted and machine quilted. Hand and machine constructed Kelpies.
Hand beaded, machine pieced, set and appliqué.
Statement: Kosmik Kelpies is an original design depicting the mythical Kelpie of Scotland.
Here the Kelpie is spawned by the sea rising to conquer the hurricane.
Available for Purchase
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Pots d' Orchides
2003
Size: 36" X 36"
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Hand dyes by the artist, commercial cottons, batiks, collected objects, exotic yarns.
Original design-pictorial view through a seaside window of 3-D orchids. Orchids and pots were thread painted; some orchids and leaves hand constructed, machine set and quilted.
Collection of Sarah Sterling, Cooper City, FL
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| Faerie
Size: 42" X 44"
Cottons, silks, rayon, exotic yarns, silk ribbon, and beads
The work is machine stitched, leaves and trees were thread painted and hand beaded, faeries were hand painted, machine tacked and quilted.
The work was inspired by Marion Zimmer Bradley's book, The Mists of Avalon.
Available for Purchase
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Evolution I
1995
Size: 52"X 40.5"
Batiks, leather, suede, fur, fossil bones, cernit, arrow heads, pyrite, shells
Hand painted scene depicting the cave paintings of early man. It was hand and machine quilted, with trapunta in shell motif. Hand made clay Venus figure.
This piece was inspired by a verse from the poem, Each in His Own Tongue by William Carruth.
Available for Purchase
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