I am at heart a painter, but one who chooses to express herself in fabric through dye, paint and stitch. Drawing is a research tool through which I explore imagery, pattern and surface, sometimes my subject matter is identifiable as landscape, trees, birds and figures, sometimes simply the activity of ‘taking a line for a walk’. Interpreting these drawings into quilts involves two opposing processes, one in planning the construction, detailed and methodical, the other in creating the fabric, exciting and spontaneous. | |
| Education and Professional B.A. Fine Art, St Martins School of Art, London.
Advanced Certificate in Painting, St Martins School of Art.
Art Teachers Certificate, London University Institute of Education.
Lecturer in Textiles, East Surrey College, U.K.
Member of Quilt Art since 1995 | |
| 2008 | Solo show at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, European Art Quilt V (touring exhibition),Quilts in Time – Journey from Bed to Wall, The Quilt Museum and Gallery, St Anthony's Hall, Peasholme Green, York, U.K.8 June-28 October | 2007 | Quilts All Around, Houston Quilt Festival, U.S.A. | 2007-2009 | Quilt Art 22 – Under Construction (touring exhibition), U.K. Denmark, Begium and the Netherlands. | 2006 | Contemporary Art Quilts, Uffington, U.K.
European Art Quilts IV, Lyons, France
Vertically Challenged, Quilt Art 21 Durham U.K. | 2005-2008 | Quilt Art 20 (touring exhibition), Europe, Japan and Canada. | 2004 | European Art Quilts III, Museum Rijswijk, Netherlands. | 2003 | Contemporary Art Quilts, Uffington, U.K.
The Society of Designer Craftsmen Winter Exhibition, London, U.K. | 2003-2005 | Re-Interpretations, Quilt Art (touring exhibition),U.K. | 2002 | Transforming Traditions, Quilters Guild of the British Isles, Halifax, U.K.
A Mediterranean Odyssey. Quilt Expo, Barcelona, Spain. | 2000 | Contemporary Art Quilts, Uffington, U.K. | 2000-2002 | Moving On, Quilt Art (touring exhibition), Europe. | 1998-2000 | Poetic Licence, Quilt Art (touring exhibition), U.K. and Denmark. | 1997 | European Art Quilt. Netherlands Textile Museum, Tilburg, Textile Forum, Herning, Denmark. |
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