Bio - I have been creating for as long as I can remember. My mother taught me to sew starting out with practical projects like making clothes. My interest in art bloomed in school leading me to drawing and painting, eventually to spend a year studying at the Kansas City Art Institute and another year studying with local artists at Doane College in Crete, NE. My passion for art is something I was born with and it continues to grow even though the medium in which I work has changed. Though I love traditional quilting and still make them, Fabric Collage/art quilts is where my passion has taken root. Portraiture has always been a favorite subject, but I also love to recreate images of animals as well as everyday objects that have been placed in nature and either abandoned or left to their own devices for survival as well as the stark beauty of nature itself. Works are created by fusing and gluing small bits of fabric in place on canvas. The process of layering materials in unusual and nonconforming ways, actually feeling the texture of the fabrics, fibers and embellishments is an exciting and fun process that is freeing and feeds my soul. Once the image is complete, it is layered (with batting and backing) and stitched into place then finished with embellishments ranging from torn and frayed fabric, to ribbon, beads, copper wire, paint or anything that will add texture and/or a sculptural element to the work.
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