Let's Talk

Let's Talk

2000
63" x 41.5"

fiber reactive dyes and textile paints Egyptian cotton, canvas, cotton broadcloth, linen, tulle Rayon threads Silkscreen, block, monotype printing, scraffito Collage construction Machine stitching and quilting

LET'S TALK about anything and everything! That just seems to be the attitude of this work. It began as a study in squares and color relationships and turned into a community! It is composed with squares cut from my handprinted fabrics, all of them depicting figures and faces. In quilting terms, it is reminiscent of a patchwork, but in actuality, it is a collage of overlapping squares. The black lines were inserted to bring some of the squares into relief and to create a bold rhythm throughout the piece. These images of people are ones I have used in my work for years. One of the aspects of printing my own fabric is that images can be repeated year after year and in piece after piece. This lends a wonderful continuity of attitude and atmosphere to my work.

Let's Talk has a companion piece, Dancing in the Shadows, which was constructed simultaneously to Let's Talk. The two works employ many of the same fabrics and images, and, yet, the overall compositions are quite different.eet's Talk is much more rigidly composed and arranged. That was part of the challenge I set for myself with these two pieces: to explore differing visual effects while using the same figures and colors.

Exhibition History: 2001, QUILT SHOW AT TURTLE GALLERY, Invitational Exhibit, Deer Isle, Maine