I’ve taken the first few steps on a new path toward Explorations: Journeys in Creativity, an exhibit that will premier at the New England Quilt Museum later this year and next, in two parts. The focus of this exhibit is art quilting techniques and I’ve been accepted to create a 30 x 50” art quilt […]
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.
Land & Nature Scapes Artist Reception
Although there are plenty of photos on my Facebook pages of the Artists Reception for the Land & Nature Scapes Exhibition, most of those were taken by members of my family and I love them. However, I’m going to try to show a less biased representaion of photos from that show here! Usually, my camera […]
The Value of Self Critique
There are so many excellent blogs out there! I do belong to a critique group that has become a treasured resource for me. Yet, there is nothing that compares to your own! To learn how to critique your own work is a valuable skill to have and nowhere have I seen a better written piece […]