The women in my artwork are usually busy doing something. They’re harvesting, teaching, doing handwork, cooking, washing and talking, etc. I use arm gestures to bring my figures to life in an otherwise static medium. And I like the keyhole shape that a woman in a skirt makes.
detail from “Picking Peas” fabric relief 1986
detail from “Mary Had a Little Lamb” book published in 1995
detail from “Mary Had a Little Lamb” book published in 1995
detail from “The Storyteller” fabric relief 1995
detail from “In the Heart” book published in 2001
The mother in the kitchen is from my book, In the Heart and the last 2 close-ups are from my book, Pocketful of Posies.
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Your work is simply amazing!
I love seeing the close-ups. Thanks for sharing. Add glasses and the story teller could almost be a portrait of me as I tell stories in my Spanish classes.
Always wonderful to see the earlier work too, such amazing detail!
As always, I LOVE all the details of your work! However did you make all those tiny pea pods?! You go girl!
Good question–the pea pods are glass beads I found ages ago.