"CITY LIGHTS #4"

I am a contemporary quilt artist. I work with fabric the way a painter works with paint. I hand dye my fabric and create a custom pallet for each quilt top. Using a rotary cutter, I make improvisational cuts to create a geometric composition. But, because I do not use a ruler or straight edge, the shapes are irregular adding an organic quality as if they were brush strokes. I arrange the shapes paying attention to color, line, pattern, and figure/ground relationships. The pieces are sewn together and the result is a “quilt top” much like a painter’s completed canvas.Placing a batting and backing underneath, I join the layers by machine. These stitches add another design element and textural quality to my composition

My finished work is a non-verbal communication of my life experiences, and inner thoughts. I get lost in the process, lose track of time, and my mind is at peace.While I have no agenda, I have a strong sense that anything is possible.

City Lights #4 is part of a series. This piece was exhibited in Art Melt Louisiana Forum 35 in 2010, and hung in the Louisiana State Museum in Baton Rouge.