I sure had fun attending the opening reception for “Growth”, in Dunedin, FL. It was held at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center. It’s a beautiful facility with TONS of activities. This is the view as you first step into the gallery. Impressive, right? It’s hard to tell in this photo but the walls are a…
My flame vine quilt is now complete. I’ve named it Back Yard Beauty. I’m quite happy with it. Here’s a detail shot. You can see more about how I made it in the previous posts. On to the next quilt, a red bud tree! Ellen Lindner
If you’re near Melbourne, FL you’ll definitely want to stop in at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, where “Gabriele DiTota: Fabrications” is currently on display. Gabriele is a friend and a wonderful fiber artist. She creates intriguing art quilts and amazing art dolls. Here she is at the opening, looking poised and welcoming. I think you can…
Back in October, I wrote about creating torn paper collages in order to loosen up and to work more abstractly. Like this: Original photo Torn paper collage Because the paper is torn, you can’t be too accurate, so you HAVE to focus on the largest shapes. The fabric interpretation, Ti Party. One of my readers, Suzanne…
The quilt I’ve been working on is inspired by a friend’s flame vine, which cascades down her back porch. In the strong Florida sun, it’s especially striking when seen against the dark porch screening. After finishing the orange flowers, I went on to the leaves. Next, I tackled the long skinny pieces. I’m not sure what they are,…
Remember the “project that wasn’t?” After sketching it I decided not to proceed with it. My issue was that it looked too jumbled, and therefore didn’t accurately depict the plant that inspired me. My inspiration photo: The initial sketch: However, I was slow to put the sketch away so it lived on my design wall…
I’ve finished up the series of four pieces made from a stitched indigo sampler. See numbers one and two here. And numbers three and four below. I love the art paper with the circles, above. Piece #2 includes a bit of a dictionary page with the word “amusement” defined. Since I was doing these just…
After deciding to use an indigo sampler as the starting point for the next set of collages, I had to decide what other colors to put with it. Maybe the complementary color, orange? But, I didn’t want the orange to take over. I wanted the indigo to be the star. So, maybe just lighter blues…
After successfully cutting up a UFO (unfinished object) and using it as the starting point for some little collages, I was anxious to do it again. The question was “Which UFO do I use?” Because, well, I have more than one. Maybe I could do something with this partially constructed prickly pear. Or with this…
I have a white “silk” orchid that was very realistic looking when I purchased it several years ago. Over time, however, it has yellowed badly. I considered several ideas about how to best revamp these pretty petals. Eventually, I decided just to paint them, with ordinary acrylic paint. This worked well. I left the fiddly…