Change is coming. It’s in the air. Can you feel it? I can for sure, but not in the way you might imagine! I have been fighting with these two pieces for quite some time. They are about fraternal twins for the Wisdom Gatherers series. Why are these two works troubling me so? One thing I […]
Wisdom Gatherers
summer exhibit at Petaluma Arts Center
I was invited to show 5 pieces of my narrative work in the summer exhibit at the Petaluma Arts Center, June 11-July 23, 2022 . The Arts Center is located in the former baggage room of the Petaluma Train Station (now the SMART downtown station); 230 Lakeville Street, Petaluma, CA. Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12-4 pm. Opening […]
is this actually December 32?
Well, aren’t I the tardy one? I try to blog monthly but seemingly missed December entirely. I know artists who blog daily, although I doubt anyone’s life is THAT interesting? Weekly is also a challenge I don’t need; monthly seems doable. And yet here it is January 1 and I missed out on December. Unless […]
scraps as a metaphor…
When I first became a quilter in 1999, after 25 years as a weaver, I joked that I chose the former as I discovered I could buy cloth already woven. What I really discovered was how taking a whole cloth and cutting it into pieces and then sewing it back together is really such a […]
new work…
For the past several months I have eluded to new work coming from yours truly. I have now finished the first piece in what I hope will be a long series with a wonderful cast of characters! After telling so many of my own stories, I decided to tell stories of elder women. When I […]
Wisdom Gatherers: Frances, 98
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 […]
Wisdom Gatherers: Vivian, 95
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. […]
Wisdom Gatherers: Dorothy, 94
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 […]
Wisdom Gatherers: Ellen & Carol, 84
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 […]
