Resilience – 16″ x 19″ – Framed – Available – $525 – 4 Ravens Gallery
Here’s another sample from the online nuno felting class. I added a few silk paper trees with silk organza leaves.
Transitions – 16″ x 28″ – Framed – Available – $785 – 4 Ravens Gallery
Transitions uses a nuno felted background created by my friend Paula and I added the trees and foliage. I guess I’m ready for autumn!
Sanctuary – 16″ x 21″ – Framed – Available – $575 – 4 Ravens Gallery
I updated Sanctuary to add in the eagle on the branch. It reminds me of the eagles around here that always seem to be sitting in a dead tree.
Tranquility’s Edge – 15″ x 26.5″ Framed – Available – $700.00
I just love the colors in Tranquility’s Edge, so lush and verdant. If you’re in the Missoula area, I hope you will stop by 4 Ravens Gallery. They carry some amazing artwork from local Montana artists.
Golden Grove – 16″ x 22″ – Framed – Available – $625 – Four Ravens Gallery
I have four new pieces available at 4 Ravens Gallery in Missoula, MT. Please feel free to contact the gallery if you are interested in one of these pieces.
Secluded Intricacy – 8″ x 13″ – Framed – Available – $185 – Four Ravens GalleryHidden Depths – 8″ x 13″ – Framed – Available – $185 – Four Ravens Gallery
All of these pieces are framed and have a base of nuno felt and then a variety of techniques.
Painting the Landscape – 13″ x 29″ – Framed – Available – $675 – Four Ravens Gallery
I have been busy with my classwork but I have finished all of that work now. We will be having an exhibition at the Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Art Museum beginning February 25 through May 31st. I will update you with more information soon.
Lots of people asked to see my recent landscapes once they had been framed. I get my work professionally framed with a narrow, black wooden frame. If you’re in Whitefish, MT and need some framing done, I highly recommend my framer, FoR Fine Art. They also have a wonderful art gallery in Whitefish and Bigfork, MT and Tucson, AZ.
Here are the two biggest pieces after framing. They are approximately 20″ x 30-32″.
Here’s a couple more that I completed over the winter.
And the last one with it’s new frame.
I have been working on getting new gallery representation and contacted a couple of places. I heard back from Northwest Handmade in Sandpoint, ID. I took 16 pieces over to them and will be taking them some snow dyed silk scarves when we go back by there in July. Yay, happy dance.
I decided to make a few more 5″ x 7″ pieces to take with me but didn’t get a chance to show them here. These are included in the 16 pieces that went to Sandpoint. If you happen to be in the area, please stop by and visit Northwest Handmade!
The five framed pieces shown at the top of the post weren’t ready when I went to Sandpoint. I picked them up from the framers and the next day, I heard back from 4 Ravens Gallery in Missoula, MT. They were interested in carrying my work too! Wow! Those five landscapes will be on display towards the end of June. Again, if you happen to be in Missoula, MT, please stop by and visit 4 Ravens Gallery.
It is great to have two galleries carrying my artwork but now I have to get busy and make some new pieces to replace any that sell. (I’m being hopeful and thinking positively.)
I have still been stitching away on the felt applique hand stitch project.
Here is where I was last week.
Now I have appliqued down all the felt pieces and all I have left is to couch down the dark maroon yarn. I am going to use a thin thread in the same color to do this as I don’t think I need to add much more “detail” in the thicker, brighter color threads. I don’t want it to feel too chaotic.
Here’s a close up. I used a variety of stitches to applique down the smaller felt centers of flowers. Once I finish the couching, I will need to decide how I am going to finish this. The felt background is pretty soft so I think I need to stretch it around a board or canvas. I do think a nice border might be nice but I’m not sure how I would stitch that on without it ending up really irregular and wavy.
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