I’ve been looking back to assess my work for this year and this is what I found! It’s not everything. I have a good sized stack of UFOs I still need to have at it. I do believe I’ve accomplished the goals I set out to do last year: Build a body of work that […]
Author: turtlemoonimpressions
As a native plant gardener, the natural world is phenomenal and so much of the man-made world - our architecture, our cities - are stunning accomplishments. They exist hand in hand in both beautiful expressions and sometimes disastrous manifestations.
Our entire existence with the natural and the invented is intertwined – each dependent on the other, even as my art evolves, each breathing in the wake of the other.
As a mixed media artist - textile, paper, printmaker - various substrates and mediums - surface design is one aspect of the process that I love. I thoroughly enjoy the play with color, value and construct, particularly the improvisation which starts with one thing, an idea, a glimpse of a vision, perhaps something that captures my eye for a moment in time and it grows organically. I become focused on whatever piece I'm working on and follow my muse to find my way.
2014 Twilight
2014 comes to a close. I have hopes and dreams as you must have too. Often, I look out these windows in my living room as the sun rises and sets, reflecting on the changes, accomplishments, griefs and joys that come with each new day. t is twilight as I take these pictures and only hours away […]
Brody’s Quilt
My youngest grandchild, Brody,was the recipient of a Christmas quilt this year. It started with a deconstructed screen print and morphed into a modern quilt. Only one more to go to be made from Markie’s old clothes just like the one my grandmother made for me….but that’s for next year!