Ellen Lindner: Art & Creativity

I staged my “Around the Neighborhood” exhibit in my own home.  That meant removing some quilts that didn’t fit the theme, and adding others in their places.  It took some mental gymnastics to figure out what would fit (and look good) where, what hanging slat to use with what, what needed to have new holes drilled, and if Command strips would support the remaining quilts.  (They did.)

Here’s Crotons in the dining room.  Click any image for a larger view 

There were about 20 pieces which fit the theme, and a few more miscellaneous ones. 

Maybe a Maple stayed in its usual spot in the foyer.  As with every quilt, I included a large sign showing the inspiration photo or idea, along with a sentence or two about the piece.  My visitors were very interested in this. 

The living room played host to several quilts, (two of which live there anyway.)  Here, two quilts about ti plants are shown side by side:  High Ti on the left, and Ti Plants A-Glow-Glow on the right.

Crisscross was also displayed in the living room, near Flash of Green, in its usual location.

I also hung quilts in the guest bedroom/office.  Croton Leaves, The Last Few Dates, and Thorns and Berries (L-R) all found homes over the daybed.

On the opposite wall, I was very happy to find a spot for Blue Roofs.  This quilt is difficult to ship, so I haven’t been able to show it very much.  It was inspired by the blue-tarped roofs prevalant in our area after two hurricanes in 2004.  This piece is actually made up of 23 little roof quilts, each mounted onto window screening.  Plexilgas slats at top and bottom are almost invisible.

Even the bathroom was put into service as display space!  Here, Lakeside Citrus has a prominent spot.

I also had quilts on display in the studio.  I’ll show you those in the next post.

I was really happy with the way these quilts looked “on exhibit” in my home.

Ellen Lindner
P.S.  If you’d like to see some of my landscape quilts and the photos that inspired them,
– check out this web article
– search this blog (using the box top right) for “photo inspiration”