beginning with big decisions and small steps in "midnight garden".

                  no more heat  20"x20"  acrylic paint, vintage textile, stitching on terraskin paper mounted on wood panel, 2014

after weeks of stitching, i finally finished this latest piece.it's about this winter. the coldest, windiest,snowiest, longest winter i ever remember.

                                                     more light.

                                                      personal constellations. harmony.

you are here now

my submission to the upcoming newfoundland and labrador craft council show "nesting".

vintage textiles, embroidery

it's taken me a few days to gather my thoughts about my 4 day trip to halifax and get caught up with what i left at home. every time i leave the island i come back richer. i absolutely love travel and would do a lot more of it if i could afford it. 

for 2 of the days i basically didn't leave the hotel/convention centre. 

i had 3 of my new paintings hanging in the gallery@acts (part of the atlantic craft trade show). mornings were spent at presentations by 5 gallery owners/museum curators from across canada and one from new york city. and in the afternoons we had the opportunity to meet one on one with them for critiques of our work and more information gathering. with all of their combined experience, i came away with some rare nuggets to think about.

the rest of the time i ate wonderful food. visited art galleries and shops. and wandered.

i haven't transported paintings for years. 20 years ago i had some wonderful crates built. they travelled a lot. over the past 15 years i've been working mostly with textiles and there is an ease at shipping off or travelling with textiles. for years i thought about getting rid of my crates - giving them to someone who will use them, but it never happened. so, this, the smallest one has been dug out of the basement, freshened up and will be put to use tomorrow when i fly to halifax.