The Tarp Series at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery
I am honored and pleased to be exhibiting my newest body of work, the Tarp Series, in the University of Nebraska’s Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, December 17, 2018 – February…
11ISS in Japan: Part 1 – Inland Sea
In June and early July, I attended the 2018 International Shibori Symposium or 11ISS, in Nagoya, Tokyo and Yamagatsu, Japan, sponsored by the World Shibori Network. The 11ISS itinerary was an…
art + business: giving back
Recently, I met Clara Nartey online after contacting her about an article about her art marketing business that I read about in Studio Art Quilt Associates' (SAQA) quarterly journal. Having…
Teaching: Anilinas Montblanc, Santiago
Recently, I was honored to be invited to teach a two day workshop at Anilinas Montblanc, the almost 70 year old Chilean Dye Company that supplies not only industry but…
Art Partners: Brushes, and December tomatoes
Every drawing session reminds me of the importance of brushes. Depending on the surface used- fabric, slick paper, toothy paper or fabrics — different brushes perform differently and are a…
Pentaculum 2018: Red, for Sorrow and Renewal
In November 2016, Gatlinburg, Tennessee suffered a devastating fire that destroyed hundreds of homes, businesses and tree-covered acreage. As news broke on social media, we watched the unfolding story as…
Drawing and Collaboration
On a rainy weekend while traveling, I had the unique opportunity to collaborate on an art piece with my gifted cousin, Nele Braas, who is a professional photographer plus crochet…
Tarp Series: Undercurrent 2
Tarp Series Portfolio
In this series, I position my expressive textile paintings as tarps. Metaphorically, I see tarps as protective, versatile and adaptive. They embody the best attributes of textile with the potential…
Fields & Fences 3, detail
Recent art quilt portfolio
These are examples of recent quilted, stitched works from 2017. All my work utilizes fabrics that I print and paint myself.
Oaxaca feather garments, Textile Museum
Oaxaca Tales: The Textile Museum, Weaving with Duck Down and other textile tales
More textile discoveries at the 10th International Shibori Symposium in Oaxaca, Mexico. Several exhibitions of historical and indigenous textiles were featured at the Museo Textil de Oaxaca, with spillover exhibition areas…