Desert Series

After exploring  the element of water, I decided to see what happens to the colors and textures of the land and sky when there is little water.  The desert series is the landscape in the absence of water.  Click on the photos to enlarge.

Sunset Point

This tapestry is a vision of Bryce National Park in Utah.  The photo I used is courtesy of Tom Bean.  The textures and colors of the rocks just begged to be interpreted in fabric and thread!

Materials:  Hand dyed cottons, batiks, paint, threads, fused, painted, machine quilted.

43″ x 31″

$4150.00

2011

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Blue Desert

This art quilt   tapestry was inspired by a photo by Pete Saloutos and used with his permission.  This New Mexican desert looks like snow , but is actually white gypsum sand .  Very little grows here. The sands are constantly on the move.

Materials & techniques: Cotton hand dyes and batiks, silk chiffon, textile paint, fused, machine quilted, bobbin quilted, various threads.

16″ x 46″

$2500.00

2011

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Mojave Sandstorm

Mojave Sandstorm

 

 

 

 

Using another photo of Pete Saloutos, I created a hot orange and purple desert with a sandstorm coming over the mountains.

Materials: Hand painted ( by myself and others), hand dyed and shibori dyed, and batik  cottons, fused, machine and bobbin quilted,various threads.

 

16″ X 44″

SOLD

2011

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Detail Mojave Sandstorm