44″ x 30″ hand-stitched in Perle cotton on a repurposed, gold brocade tablecloth This piece portrays the 45th/47th President through a field of descriptive words, arranged like a crossword puzzle.
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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.
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Liar Liar 3
Liar Liar 3 26″ x 20″ textile waste Every U.S. president has had an official portrait painted to mark their time serving the public. When I imagine a portrait for the 47th president, someone I see as vile, cruel, selfish, and corrupt— only words feel adequate to convey his character.
Mindscapes: Worry Hour
22″ x 22″ Experts say we should reserve one hour a day for worrying. My hour seems to occur at 3 am.
Grief in Motion
42″ x 24″ I read that creativity is grief in motion, which seemed like a fitting title for my awakening muse. batik, screen-printed cotton
Mindscapes: Trapped
41″ x 34″ As I was drawn further into 24/7 caregiving, grief manifested in my knee, rendering me crippled and isolated in my pain. I felt trapped. screen-printed, machine applique, machine stitched exhibits: Emotional Thresholds, Art Fluent, MA (online) 2023
Mindscapes: Descent 2
29.5″ x 23.5″ Inspired by my husband’s descent into Parkinson’s. repurposed quilt, textile paint, machine applique, machine stitched
Recycling Plastic is A Myth
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: Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, NY 2025 Sustainability (SAQA) 2022-2025: New England Quilt Museum, MA Windgate Museum of Art, AR AQS Quiltweek, MI & […]
Torn Earth 1
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 […]
Mindscapes: Descent 1
40.25” x 34.5” Inspired by my husband’s descent into Parkinson’s. repurposed quilt, textile paint, machine applique, machine stitched exhibit: Somebody Told Me (SAQA), Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR 2026 Yachats Event Center, Yachats, OR Latimer Quilt and Textile Center, Tillamook,OR
Stop the Slaughter
42″ x 36.5″ Inspired by the ongoing school shootings in the US. commercially printed silk chiffon & pima cotton, screen-printed, machine-stitched exhibits: Artists As Catalyst for Change, Ludington Area Center for the Arts, Ludington, MI, 2025 FL3TCH3R exhibit, East Tennessee State College, Johnson City, TX, 2023
Endless
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 exhibit: Repurposers Collective Annual Juried Exhibit, MAPSpace, Port Chester, NY 2026
Misplaced Permissions
55″ x 47″ inspired by 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 exhibit: No Boundaries, Virginia Quilt Museum, VA 2023
Fire & Flood 1
40” x 30” With climate change in California, the new normal is fire & flood in three months’ time screen-printed, machine-stitched exhibits: Dance with Orange, NAWA, URI Providence Campus Arts & Culture Program, RI 2023; Director’s Top Pick Award Stitching CA, (SAQA) 2019-23 Grace Hudson Museum, CA Carnegie Arts Center, CA Museum on Main, CA Temecula […]
Fire & Flood 2
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
Fire & Flood 3
20″ x 20″ With climate change in California, the new normal is fire & flood in three months’ time screen-printed, machine-stitched exhibits: One Art Space, NAWA 134th Annual Exhibition, NY; Elise Wiarda Award for Healing in Fiber Arts, 2023 Rockwell Gallery, Salamagundi Club, New York, NY 2023 juror for Visionary, SAQA, VT 2020 Petaluma Art Center, […]
Culture of Fear
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: Fiber International X, CA 2021 Fiber Artists of […]
Science Meet Math
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
Love Over Hate
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 […]
Hypocrisy 1
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 exhibit: Self-Awareness & Love, NAWA, Wedeman Gallery, Lasell Univ, Newton, MA 2024
Tribalism
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 exhibit: Americana Reimagined, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma CA 2026
Hypocrisy 2
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 exhibit: Self-Awareness & Love, NAWA, Wedeman Gallery, Lasell Univ, Newton, MA 2024
Somebody’s Child 1
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: We Are the Story, Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum, OH, 2021 Art Against Racism, […]
Hypocrisy 3
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 exhibit: Self-Awareness & Love, NAWA, Wedeman Gallery, Lasell Univ, Newton, MA 2024
Somebody’s Child 2
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 private collection exhibits: Marin MOCA’s […]
Plastic Ocean 1
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
Plastic Ocean 2
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
Plastic Ocean 4: Beyond the Glory
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
Liar Liar 1
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 FL3TCH3R exhibit, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2024
Your Tax Dollars At Work
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
Liar Liar 2
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 exhibits: Petaluma Arts Center, CA 2023 Dance with Orange, NAWA, URI Providence Campus Arts & Culture Program, RI 2023 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA 2021
