Mixed Media Textile Art
These works are on subjects for which I feel great passion: plastic pollution, climate change, gun violence, migration, politics, beauty, human behavior, elder stories, etc.
All of my work is available for purchase unless otherwise indicated. Please contact me with any questions.
34” x 42.5” Inspired by the hype that all plastic is recyclable. This piece explains what really happens to the plastic we ‘wish-cycle.’ commercially printed, painted, screen-printed; machine applique, machine-stitched. exhibits: Sustainability (SAQA): New England Quilt Museum, MA 2022 Wingate Museum of Art, AR 2023
66” x 72” diptych Torn Earth celebrates the work of Architecture for Humanity, a non-profit firm dedicated to building a more sustainable future through the power of professional design. The organization’s projects focus on post-disaster development, design and reconstruction of seismic resistant housing. hand-dyed, screen-printed, machine-stitched designed for SAQA Earth Stories exhibits: Erie Museum of Art, NY 2017 Huntington […]
40.25” x 34.5” Inspired by my husband’s descent into Parkinson’s. repurposed quilt, textile paint, machine applique, machine stitched
42″ x 36.5″ Inspired by the ongoing school shootings in the US. commercially printed silk chiffon & pima cotton, screen-printed, machine-stitched
24″ x 18″ x 5″ inspired by the plastic waste in my own life, despite being an eco-conscious consumer; a visual reminder to cut back. hand-dyed cotton & silk fabrics, plastic waste hand-stitched in Perle cotton photo credit: Joe MacDonald, Digital Grange
55″ x 47″ inspired by the the absurdity of a young man who can easily buy an assault rifle, while a young woman is prohibited from making basic decisions about her own body. African batiks, commercially printed cotton, textile paint; machine-stitched
40” x 30” With climate change in California, the new normal is fire & flood in three months’ time screen-printed, machine-stitched exhibits: Stitching CA, (SAQA) 2019-23 Grace Hudson Museum, CA Carnegie Arts Center, CA Museum on Main, CA Temecula Valley Museum, CA LaQuinta Museum, CA
20″ x 20″ With climate change in California, the new normal is fire & flood in three months’ time screen-printed, machine-stitched exhibit: Visions Art Museum, CA 2020
20″ x 20″ With climate change in California, the new normal is fire & flood in three months’ time screen-printed, machine-stitched exhibit: juror for Visionary, SAQA, VT 2020 Petaluma Art Center, CA 2021
52″ x 41″ Gun owners were surveyed as to why they own these weapons. Thirty-eight of these reasons, along with the word FEAR, in several languages, is printed to cloth. Red paint represents the bloodshed caused by this culture of fear. commercially printed, painted; hand-stitched, machine-stitched exhibits: Visions, CA 2018 Fiber Artists of San Antonio, […]
61.5″ x 40.5″ Inspired by the scientific facts about climate change going face to face against the bottom line of corporate shareholders. commercially printed, screen-printed; machine applique, machine-stitched
35″ x 42″ In 2019 the Southern Poverty Law Center tracked over 940 hate groups in the United States. No one is born a hater; hate is a learned behavior. Why can they not instead learn to love, rather than hate? Martin Luther King Jr. said it best, “Love is the only force capable of transforming […]
33.5″ x 39″ Inspired by those who live their Christian-based life while simultaneously committing random acts of hatred, terrorism, assault, porn addiction, insurrection, mass murder, etc. commercially printed, screen-printed, machine-stitched
44″ x 52 Toxic tribalism sets in motion a process of degeneration rather than evolution. Tribes people become angry, bitter and resentful towards anyone who thinks or acts differently than they do. screen-printed, machine-stitched
58″ x 40.5″ Inspired by those who live their Christian-based life while simultaneously committing random acts of hatred, terrorism, assault, porn addiction, insurrection, mass murder, etc. commercially printed, screen-printed, machine-stitched
34″ x 34″ Over 4700 African Americans died of gunshots or asphyxiation in police encounters from 2000-2019. This work attempts to honor black lives extinguished in police encounters. All of these folks had Mamas. all were Somebody’s Child. digitally printed, hand-stitched, machine-stitched exhibits: Textile Art Center, MN, 2020 Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum, OH, 2021 Art Against […]
41.5” x 41.5” Inspired by the anti-vaxxers who co-opted the my body, my choice sign from the pro-choice movement; yet are pro-life. screen-printed, machine-stitched
63″ x 16″ Over 4700 African Americans died of gunshots or asphyxiation in police encounters from 2000-2019. This work attempts to honor black lives extinguished in police encounters. All of these folks had Mamas. All were Somebody’s Child. digitally printed on silk organza fused, machine-stitched, hand-stitched photo credit: Joe MacDonald, Digital Grange exhibits: Sanchez Art Center, Left […]
51″ x 41″ My intention is to raise awareness about our daily plastic consumption through creative reuse. dental toothpicks, pool noodles, plastic bags, expired credit cards, hotel room keys screen-printed; hand-stitched, machine-stitched
50″ x 40″ My intention is to raise awareness about our daily plastic consumption through creative reuse. dental toothpicks, pool noodles, plastic bags, expired credit cards, hotel room keys screen-printed; hand-stitched, machine-stitched
50″ x 41″ When the glorious coastal sunset is marred by plastic waste floating in the ocean. dental toothpicks, plastic tablecloth, plastic bags, berry baskets, fruit netting, expired credit cards, hotel room keys, Perle cotton, textile paint; screen-printed, hand-stitched, machine-stitched
40″ x 34″ As our leader resorts to pathological lying I am reminded of a childhood taunt, liar liar, pants on fire! digitally manipulated text, commercially printed, screen-printed, machine-stitched, hand-slashed exhibit: Words Matter, IL 2021
43″ x 34″ As my community waited 17 years to be granted $9.7 M for a river dredging project, I researched pet projects for other cities and states. Clearly money does grow on trees! screen-printed, machine-stitched exhibit: Art Quilts 2 (SAQA), California Heritage Museum, CA 2020
40″ x 28″ As our leader resorts to pathological lying I am reminded of a childhood taunt, liar liar, pants on fire! digitally manipulated text, commercially printed, machine-stitched exhibit: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA 2021
14″ x 12″ Torn Earth celebrates the work of Architecture for Humanity, a non-profit firm dedicated to building a more sustainable future through the power of professional design. The organization’s projects focus on post-disaster development, design and reconstruction of seismic resistant housing. hand-dyed, screen-printed, machine-stitched; designed for SAQA group exhibit: Earth Stories exhibits: Erie Museum of Art, NY 2017 Huntington Museum of […]
50″ x 39″ Chronicling the 20th century migration to CA and the 2016-2021 exodus. The state is now too expensive & too crowded. People can’t afford to retire here. vintage linens; digital text, screen-printed, machine-stitched
56″ x 44″ Frances was born in her grandmother’s house, far out in the countryside, Cochise County, AZ. She graduated high school at 16, left home, worked to earn money & put herself through nursing school; then worked as charge nurse for 10-11 hr shifts at MarinShip, during WWII. She was paid the same amount […]
56″ x 43″ Vivian was born in Manhattan NY in 1925 to a Vassar grad/part-time writer/homemaker, and a renowned & beloved pediatrician at Mt. Sinai Hospital. She was the youngest of three, went to private school from kindergarten through grade 12 which was a big influence on her as it featured the arts, and self-expression. […]
54″ x 43.5″ Dorothy was born in 1928, on a rural farm in Iowa; the 2nd of 5 children. Her education took her to many schools in IA, CA and ultimately Europe, where she earned a masters from the American University of Beirut; with an advanced degree in Educational Psychology. Her milestones include loss of home […]
54.5″ x 47″ Fraternal twins Ellen and Carol were born in Utica, NY in 1938; the second and third child of a tool/die maker; machine shop instructor, and a homemaker/head of a nursery school. They had an older sister, Janet. They both graduated from university at a time when young women often married without attending […]
