About the Artist


Home Galleries About the Artist Techniques Contact			Artist Statement As a contemporary art quilter, I am inspired by the natural world near my home in northern Arizona. My work is related to nature and the southwestern landscapes through color, pattern, and design. I experiment with color, dyeing fabric, and developing texture through various surface design techniques. Images of forests and deserts, the folds and textures of geology, and the impressions and traces of wildlife find their way into many of my quilts.

			My work has been exhibited at numerous national and international juried shows, including Pacific International Quilt Festival, Art Quilts Chandler, Art Quilts at the Sedgwick, ArtQuilts Elements, and Quilts=Art=Quilts. My quilts have won awards at Road to California, International Quilt Festival, and American Quilter’s Society shows.
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			Exhibitions
			2008 Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ ArtQuilt Elements, Wayne, PA Road to California, Ontario CA American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY Its Elemental, Flagstaff, AZ International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, NY Art Quilts XIII, Chandler, AZ 2007 Road to California, Ontario, CA Splendor of Chaos, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA Art Quilts Lowell, Lowell, MA Art Quilt Markings, Cary, NC International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA Its Elemental, Flagstaff, AZ The Color of Light: Southwest Quilts and Fiber Art, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ FLOW: Rocky Mountain SAQA Artists, Translations Gallery, Denver, CO 2006 Road to California, Ontario CA Art Quilts at the Sedgewick, Philadelphia, PA American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY Transformations, Birmingham, England International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, NY 2005 Road to California, Ontario, CA American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY Sacred Threads, Reynoldsburg, OH In Full Bloom, International Quilt Association, Houston, TX I Remember Mama, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX Journal Quilt Project, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX It’s Elemental, Flagstaff, AZ Art Quilts X: Xhilerating, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ 2004 Road to California, Ontario, CA Diablo Trust Reflections on the Land, Flagstaff, AZ Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA Hoffman Challenge, Traveling Exhibit International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX It’s Elemental, Flagstaff, AZ Art Quilts IX: Sight Line , Chandler, AZ Andover Fabrics,Typospheres Challenge 2003 Art Quilts VIII: A Cut Above, Chandler, AZ It’s Elemental, Flagstaff, AZ 2002 Road to California, Ontario, CA Hoffman Challenge, Traveling Exhibit Art Quilts VII: Caught in the Act, Chandler, AZ Top
			Awards
			2008 Journal Quilt 2007 - Betatakin, Its Elemental, Flagstaff, AZ, Juror's Choice 2006 Wildfire! Road to California, Ontario CA, Best Use of Color Wildfire! American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY, 1st place, Non-traditional Small Wall Quilts Wildfire! International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, 3rd place, Mixed technique 2005 Orchid Dance Road to California, Ontario, CA, 2nd place, Innovative 2004 Color Blocks: Mardi Gras Road to California, Ontario, CA, 1st place, Innovative Top
			Publications
			Color Blocks: Mardi Gras published in: Thinking Outside the Box by Sandi Cummings with Karen Flamme. C&T Publishing, 2004 Contemporary Quilts by Cindy Walter and Stevii Graves. Krause Publications, 2005 Mothers and Daughters published in: I Remember Mama by Karey P. Bresenhan. Primedia Publishing, 2005 Wildfire! published in: 100 Things to Know if You Own a Quilt: A Quilt Owner's Manual by Ann Watkins Hazelwood, American Quilter's Society, 2007 Petrified Forest published in: Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust, C&T Publishing, 2008 Top
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