In January I wrote a post about some pieces I was working on in response to an upcoming call for entry. The pieces were finished before the end of 2015 but the call for entry didn't happen until spring. I didn't want to say anything about these pieces until I knew if there were going to be restrictions about posting artwork that was accepted. Happily, my work was accepted into the show and there are no restrictions, so I'm free to share.
The Laramie Art Quilters group is hosting a show titled Abstracting the West. The show will be on exhibit at the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site, which is part of the Wyoming State Parks system. The facility is best known for housing Butch Cassidy during his only stay behind bars. An historic treasure in Laramie, WY, the park welcomes over 29,000 visitors each summer. Their new exhibit hall will house Abstracting the West from July 1, 2016 until September 30, 2016. The reception for this show will be on June 30th.
These three pieces came together so easily for me that I began to wonder if they lacked legitimacy. It's funny how we can come to feel that "real" art only happens where there is a struggle involved. I'm choosing to see this experience as an indication that this type of mixed media stitched work is what really makes my heart sing. It is hard to tell from the photos, but there is more paper than fabric in these quilts.
Colorado: Harebell
42" x 30"
(sandstone, blue sky, sunsets, wildfires, India Paintbrush, purple mountains, wildflowers)
Colorado: Aspen
42" x 30"
(Colorado forests of aspen and pine)
Colorado: Columbine
42" x 30"
(columbine flowers, aspens and pines, mountain lakes, starry nights)
Colorado: Aspen - detail
(In this detail image you can more clearly see the white organza applique that I used to create the focal images in all three pieces.)