A sculptural quilt interpreting the protective layer lining our blood vessels.
2021, 48” x 48” x 18”, $5,000
For more on this piece, see my blog post about it.
The flexibility of cloth and stitch lends itself well to creating motion and texture, and I'm interested in how the processes of layering and then taking away can create dimension and shape. Layer after layer is peeled away to expose what's underneath: organic openings that shift in shape, color, and depth. This piece began with hand painted cloth and a machine quilted base, and then are layered and/or cut away, and anchored with hand stitching. Each layer corresponds to a 160ft topo line from a USGS map of the White Mountain Wilderness in southern New Mexico. The region depicted was chosen in gratefulness for my favorite childhood hiking trail: Crest Trail #25.
2016, 42"W x 28"H x 4"D, $1100
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My goal for this piece was to generate depth and motion without an internal armature, and I adapted traditional fabric manipulation techniques to accomplish it. I love the way the shapes nestle together and repeat, giving both a regular order and organic sense of motion.
2018, 44”Hx34”Wx4”D Sold
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I love the hot burnt colors of flowers that flourished in the high deserts of New Mexico where I grew up. This quilt drew inspiration from red hot pokers and indian paintbrush, growing in the crispy yellow-green grass. My goal in this series was to generate depth and motion without an internal armature, and I adapted traditional fabric manipulation techniques to accomplish it.
2018, 41"Hx34"Wx6"D, $1300
Currently touring with the SAQA Global Exhibition Haven, available for purchase with delivery upon completion of the exhibition after 12/31/2025
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This piece is part of an ongoing series of highly abstracted landscapes inspired by places that are dear to me. I spent my childhood in the dry mountains of southern New Mexico, a place where the tiniest of creeks was cause for delight. So I well remember the urgency and excitement I felt when I got the chance to go to summer camp with a friend in Utah; a place with not only mountains and trees, but the new and wondrous experience of a lake.
69” x 44” x 4”, 2020, $3,500
This piece is part of an ongoing series of highly abstracted landscapes inspired by places that are dear to me. Even in the arid high desert mountains, late summer monsoons lead to riotous flowering color in the forest undergrowth.
64” x 34” x 6”, 2018, Sold
I love the depth and variation in color found in flower petals. I'm particularly intrigued by dahlias, which have layer after layer of petals, sometimes loose and flowy, other times tight and almost cylindrical. This piece was the outcome of study of many different forms of dahlias.
2016, 48"Hx60"Wx8"D, $2000
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I love the depth and variation in color found in flower petals. This piece was inspired by the strange fluttery shape of iris petals and the glorious riot of color they exhibit.
2017, Sold
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I'm interested in how the processes of layering can create dimension and shape. Layer after layer is peeled away to expose what's underneath: organic openings that shift in shape, color, and depth.
2018, 54"H x 27"W, $1500
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This piece was an exercise in portraying 3-dimensional works in 2 dimensions.
2018, 54"H x 27"W, $600
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This piece is part of my series inspired by origami corrugations, and explores ways to use traditional paper-folding techniques as a novel way to bring depth and shape to my art quilts.
2020, 34” x 18” x 9”, $1000
For more on this piece, see the https://imworkingonaproject.blogspot.com/2020/05/lantern-finished.htmlblog post on it.
While working with aluminum window screen inside some past quilts, my hands got scraped up and covered in little red welts; that experience inspired this subsequent piece, the sharp sting of hundreds of shallow cuts. This time the nefarious metal is exposed for all to see.
2020, 30” x 20”, $500
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These three pieces are part of an ongoing series of experiments I’m working on to see how far I can go with “quilts”. All three of these fairytale forms started off as quite traditional quilted mariner’s compass blocks that were painted, free-motion quilted, cutaway, and sculpted. I leave it to the viewer! Does it still look like a quilt?
2017, 24"W x 36"D x 18"H, $700
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This piece was an exploration of the application of rotational erection systems to art quilts. The resultant pinwheels remind me of alien arachnids….
2020, 18” x 32”, $500
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The flexibility of cloth and stitch lends itself well to creating motion, and texture, and I'm interested in how the processes of layering and then taking away can create dimension and shape. Layer after layer is peeled away to expose what's underneath: organic openings shift in shape, color, and depth. My art quilts begin with hand painted cloth and a machine quilted base, and then are layered and/or cut away, and anchored with hand stitching.
2015, 12 x 18 x 1.5, $350
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This piece is one in a series exploring forms derived from Kirigami, the Japanese origami variation that includes cutting in addition to folding. It's inspired by the colors of the arid deserts of southern Arizona, of the uncountable variety of tough and stringy cacti and plants that flourish in the harsh conditions.
2020, 18” x 36”, $500
A kirigami-inspired quilt capturing the feel of flowing curtains and breezy shapes.
2020, 28” x 20” x 6”, $500
For more on this piece, see my blog post about it.
This quilt drew inspiration from climbing vines; those that live deep in the forest, wrapped around old-growth trees. My goal in this series was to generate depth and motion without an internal armature, and I adapted traditional fabric manipulation techniques to accomplish it.
2018, 53"Hx27"Wx4"D, Sold
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I'm interested in symmetry and form, the repeating elements so familiar in traditional quilts, but pulled into the third dimension. This piece draws colors from the sharp blue New Mexico skies, and the wildflowers that peek out of the grass in the spring and summer.
2020, 32"H x 51"W x 3”W, $900
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This kirigami-inspired quilt draws on the colors and organic forms of sea dragons.
2020, 22” x 26” x 3”, $500
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I love the color, feel, and texture of quilted fabric, but am constantly drawn to pull it into the third dimension, to add shape and form to its other qualities. When applied to quilts, the regular crisp cuts and folds of the traditional Japanese art of kirigami provide a way to do this; to sculpt fabric while preserving the repeating geometry and secondary patterns reminiscent of traditional quilt blocks.
2020, 31” x 18” x 5”, $500
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This piece is part of an ongoing series designed to capture the feel of the high desert and mountains of southern New Mexico. It picks up the colors and textures of the forest- the twining dusty brown of dense and textured trees opening into clearings full of dried yellow grass.
2022, 30"H x 13"W x 10"D, $400
The 2024 fire season in Lincoln County, New Mexico, was devastating, burning great chunks of Ruidoso, the town I grew up in. As the climate in the American southwest continues to get drier, the fire seasons get longer and more severe.
2024, 37"Hx25"Wx2"D, $800
Coelophysis Bauri is my favorite therapod dinosaur. This piece is inspired by the shift in our understanding of dinosaurs as scaly reptilian creatures to feather-covered bird-like creatures.
2024, Sold
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2024, Sold
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This piece is part of an ongoing series exploring the ecosystems of the high desert mountains of southern New Mexico. It was inspired by natures fluff, by blowing dandelion seeds across the dry summer fields.
2023, 54”H x 35”W x 4”D, $1,500
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I was inspired by climbing vines living deep in the forest, wrapped around old-growth trees, inching ever closer to the sun.
2023, 42”H x 24”W x 3”D, $800
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As the southwestern United States gets drier, wildfire risk continues to increase, threatening homes, communities, and irreplaceable natural ecosystems. This piece, like much of my work, is inspired by the dry mountains of southern New Mexico where another forest fire burned through my hometown just last year. Smokey Bear reminds us, "Only you can prevent wildfires."
2023, 53”H x 42”W x 4”H, $2300
This piece is currently traveling with the global SAQA exhibition Abstraction: Textural Elements. It will be available for delivery when the show closes in December of 2027.
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