My art is more than art quilts, or any of the other things that I create, it's an emotional journey filled with pleasant memories. I have always wanted to be an artist, even before I understood what the word 'art' meant. As a child I remember the warm satisfying feelings that I would get every time I did something creative, it was a way of escaping into my own little world. I was pretty much a loner so art became my companion. As an adult that satisfying feeling has only intensified, and I am still pretty much a loner, but I have been working on that aspect of 'me' for a few years now. LOL I know that my creative ability is of divine inspiration, because I dream art, I feel art, I get excited when I am around art and artsy people, and through my creations I reveal my internal world.
When I create specifically for someone other than myself, I want to hear their story or their vision of the art that they want. Through that process I can get an emotional feeling of what it is that they really want. I try to marry their ideas with my creativity to better be able to create a one of a kind art quilt just for them.
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| 30 years of Storytelling |
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| Dr. Eugene Redmond's memory Above are two quilts that I created, When I made '30 years of storytelling' I interviewed 3 women in the Storytelling group to find out how they wanted to tell their story. Once I layed out the design concept, I met with the 3 of them again and did not move forward until each were pleased with the direction the quilt was going. In the secon quilt, Dr. Redmond brought four bags of clothing that he had been holding on for some time (they were clean) and he wanted a memory quilt that emcompassed 40 years of his life. He was quite pleased |
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