Design Concept

In the summer of 2013 my husband Ron charted a boat and we spent ten days cruising in the San Juan and Canadian Gulf islands north of our home on Puget Sound. One of our favorite ports was Cowichan, BC, where the harbor was dominated by the headquarters of the Cowichan Wooden Boat Society.

The building had railings which cast dramatic shadows in the water beneath. In the late evening, everything was black and white. By zooming in on the reflections I found dramatic images that looked like abstract expressionist paintings. The design for this quilt was inspired by one of my photographs. The fabrics are from my Gradations collection for Benartex.	original photo

This is one of two quilts made from the same design. They are negative and positive images which may be hung together as a diptych or hung separately as single pieces.

Exhibitions:

• Bryerpatch Studio Gallery, Port Townsend, WA, February-June, 2015
• Two by Twenty, Studio Art Quilt Associates Juried exhibit,
  • Open European Quilt Championships, Maastricht, Netherlands, October 2015
  • Quilt Expo Beaujolais at ParcExpo in Villefranche sur Saône, France - April 13 through April 16, 2016
  • Quilt Festival Berlin, Berlin, Germany, May 2016. 
  • Additional venues are possible

Publications

• Two by Twenty, (Exhibition Catalog) Studio Art Quilt Associates, pp. 28-31 & COVER
• Quilting Arts Magazine, August/September 2016, Issue 82, p 21