Kandy G. Lopez is a portrait artist who’s currently working with yarn on gridded canvas. I got to see her work at the Orlando Museum of Art. Check out this large piece! (Maybe 10 feet wide.) Now, get closer. And closer, still. Amazing, right? Her portraits were very engaging. They were very large and in…
I was really blown away when I saw the work of Gio Swaby, in her “Fresh Up” solo show at the Museum of Fine Art, in St. Petersburg, FL! The introductory text for the exhibit says “Swaby’s work functions as love letters to Black women.” I think that’s it, exactly! Just take a look. Isn’t…
Cathy Williams wanted to serve in the ranks of the all-black Buffalo soldiers, but was not allowed to do so because of her gender. So she disguised herself as a man and joined the army as William Cathay. She served for two years before being found out. Her story was just many of the ones…
What fun! At the invitation of QuiltFolk magazine, I showed up for a beach photo shoot, along with six other quilters and our respective bundles of quilts. The first request was for us to show the photographer our quilts – IN THE PARKING LOT. Talk about a trunk show! It was almost comical. They asked us…
She Looked for Blessings and Found Them is the tile of my just completed self-portrait. Here’s a photo of the full quilt. It’s height matches my own, at 60″. And it’s 12″ wide. What makes this piece special are the statements I’ve stitched in telling things I’ve done over the years. Some are cute and…
You’re invited into my home to see the quilts I have on display. That’s a good way to pass the time, right? Come on in. After viewing it, please visit the video page on my website to see my other offerings. I’m planning on making other short videos. Anything you’d especially like to see? I’m…
The retreat provided plenty of time for everyone to work on their own projects. I decided on a very difficult approach to my project and therefore made slow progress. I made some great scraps, though. (I’ll show you the in-progress craziness when I write a future post about said project.) I think Barbie Swanson‘s scraps…
The retreat I attended recently had a very interesting and fun ice breaker activity. Karol Kusmaul led us on a HIGH SPEED collaborative portrait making exercise. Since she works exclusively with recycled clothing that’s what she provided for us. Each table of about 8 people had a bag on monochromatic selections, with buttons, cuffs, etc….
Whoo-boy, the quilt of my brothers ended up taking quite a bit longer than I anticipated, but I’m very happy with the finished result. I got to show it to my family in the almost-complete stage, and they LOVED it. That was very gratifying. Here are few detail shots. My brother Ricky. My brother Todd….
I’m FINALLY winding down on the quilt featuring my brothers. It’s not ready for a full photograph yet, but here are the two faces. I spent A LOT of time on these and I’m happy with them. I plan to show the quilt to some of my family members this week. I know they’ll…