Statement
I have been working with textiles as my art form for over 50 years, I use what has been referred to as “women’s work” to express contemporary themes, study women’s issues and address current events. During the last eleven years, I have been concentrating on one of a kind embroidered works. My focus is narrative, to tell a story, whether it is portraying the personal with my self portraits, representing family stories, or confronting political and environmental issues of the day.
I design and hand-stitch each piece using a simple satin stitch with cotton embroidery floss on linen. The image is of primary importance and together with my strong use of color, it tells the story I want to convey.
In Celebration: Some Notes on My New Work
Our planet, its future, its creatures, its dilemmas has been the subject of my work for a long time. Climate change, extinction, and the impact of humans on the planet continue to be
sources of my artistic activism. In a shift of point of view, a desire to celebrate what we have -
I have turned in a new series entitled FOCUS/EARTH to celebration.
FOCUS/EARTH highlights the biodiversity of the planet’s life forms - from a riotously brilliant plot of wildflowers in all their colorful glory to a sky teeming with birds of all shapes and sizes. In images brimming with life and life-forms, FOCUS/EARTH is meant to honor the richness that we must fight to keep.