Hi friends! I've had some wonderful adventures this summer including a week teaching at Quilters Affair in Sisters, Oregon. Plus, I attended a couple of virtual artist discussions recently. I'm full of inspiration and ideas! There were many options to consider for the focus of this newsletter, but I settled on iconic artist David Hockney. I'm also sharing new artwork, a few recommendations, and big news about a museum acquisition. Thanks so much for reading. |
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- Landscapes We've had this print hanging on our mantle for years. It's Hockney's Garrowby Hill from 1998. I've been making landscape quilts for years. I just re-read this blog post from 2007 (!!!) where I was considering how to make fields and crop lines. Here I am seventeen years later making crop lines like these and these and these. The inspiration here is clear: more landscapes.
- Exploration There are some amazing scenes with Hockney in the documentary Tim's Vermeer. Tim and David are both absolutely dedicated to the quest for knowledge, learning and exploration. You can sense the passion in their conversations. I've done some deep dives on topics I'm passionate about and I'm eager to have more conversations with others who are nerdy about their explorations.
- Development Years ago, I saq a painting at The Modern in Fort Worth and was surprised to discover it was by Hockney. It was Adhesiveness from 1960 when he was just 23. I think it has the same kinds of details, brush strokes, and eagerness of the work he did much later in his career – and continues to do. I'm inspired to make note of the common elements in my own older work and consider how they can be part of my newer work.
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Artichokes, Pomegranates, Bunnies: Percolating details |
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I loved creating this lively art quilt collage. I made it during a time when I was grasping for order, control and predictability. So, I made something completely random, irregular and unexpected. It includes foam stamp workshop samples, scraps from random remnant tables, and a torn section of dishcloth. It's another in my series of chair quilts exploring the importance of taking time to be still and consider surrounding ideas and possibilities. |
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I updated the galleries on my website. Check out highlights from 2022 and 2023. I like organizing my work by year but I'm considering adding galleries where the work is categorized by series or subject. |
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This and That - Maybe you saw this wonderful dance video when it went viral a couple of months ago?
- I am so happy I bought these measuring spoons that actually fit in spice jars.
- I am loving The Work of Art by Adam Moss. Each chapter is a fascinating profile of an artist and the creative process of one specific piece of their work.
- One of the chapters in The Work of Art is about how Louis Gluck wrote her poem, Song. I love this video of her reading the poem.
- Another wonderful book about art: All The Beauty by Patrick Bringley about his time as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Details from Seeing Through, Crossing Good Hope, Palm and Culmination |
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Four of my art quilts are now part of the collection of The International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. What an honor! Read all about how they were added to the museum's collection in my blog post. |
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This art quilt collage was inspired by a crow sitting at the top of a cypress tree one spring morning. It was dreary, gray and colder-than-normal day in March, but it was a nice moment and I sort of like dreary days. As usual, there are layers of fabric, paint and stitching here including my favorite Y stitch in a beautiful ice-dyed perle cotton. See additional details here. This piece will be available in my Etsy shop next week, but if you'd like to add it to your collection now, just email me and I'll send it your way. 🐦⬛ |
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Use the code HOCKNEY15 for 15% off anything in my Etsy shop through August 15. |
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Do you have any memories of seeing Hockney's work? Tell me about it. |
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