About

After years of work in careers reliant on words and numbers, I have leapt into a world of emotion and nuance through the nonverbal communication of fiber art. It’s been a challenging, frustrating, exhilarating, and liberating journey for me as I learn new vocabularies of expression. It has also been incredibly satisfying to renew a connection with my late mother, who was a master of the craft of stitch.

Now living at the seam where the Great Plains end and the Rocky Mountain Foothills begin, I am continually inspired and delighted by and concerned about the landscape that surrounds me, both locally and globally. 

To help express these emotions, I create fabric, and am entranced by the transformative processes of dyeing, painting, printing, burning, shredding, fusing, stitching, and otherwise manipulating materials to form my compositions. While the techniques I use in my art vary, one element predominates: hand stitching. Stitch provides line, color, and texture to enhance my fabric, and allows me to interact intimately and intuitively with my work. 

Exhibits & Shows

Solo Shows:

  • Beehive Gallery, Boulder, CO, 2017

 

Invitational Shows:

  • NoBo Art District Group Show, Boulder, CO, 2016
  • 75: A Celebration of New Works in Fiber Exhibition, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, 2017
  • Reflections Exhibition, FUMC Sanctuary Gallery, Boulder, CO 2022

 

Juried Shows:

  • Quilting: Past, Present and Future Exhibition – Front Range Contemporary Quilters, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO, 2014
  • Farm to Table, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
    Flight/Vuelo Exhibition, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ, 2016
  • Gilpin ‘Arts Juried Exhibition, Central City, CO, 2016 Honorable Mention
  • Connecting Threads Exhibition, FUMC Sanctuary Gallery, Boulder, CO 2016
  • H2Oh!, SAQA Global Exhibition, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY; New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA; Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ; San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA; Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN; 2017-2019
  • Reflections Exhibition, Red Rocks Community College Gallery, Lakewood, CO, 2017
  • Flight Exhibition, NoBo Art District, Boulder, CO 2018
  • Portfolio 2018: Best of 2017 Virtual Exhibition, Front Range Contemporary Quilters, 2018
    Contrast Exhibition, Front Range Contemporary Quilters, PACE Center, Parker, CO, 2018
    Boundaries Exhibition, Front Range Contemporary Quilters, The Collective Community Arts Center, Lafayette, CO, 2018
    Portfolio 2019: Best of 2018 Virtual Exhibition, Front Range Contemporary Quilters, 2019
  • Art in the Galleria Exhibition, Loveland Public Library, Loveland, CO, 2019
  • Evolving Perceptions, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO; Brigham City Museum, Brigham City, UT; 2019-2020
  • Chapters Exhibition, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 2019-2020
  • Portfolio 2020: Best of 2019 Virtual Exhibition, Front Range Contemporary Quilters, 2020
  • FACE of Fiber in the Rockies Exhibition, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO, 2021, Surface Design Award of Excellence
  • New Beginnings Virtual Exhibition, Front Range Contemporary Quilters, 2021
  • Textile/Fiber Fine Arts Exhibition, R Gallery, Boulder, CO, 2021
  • Primal Forces: Earth, SAQA Global Exhibition, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY, 2021-2022