When I got back from Japan I wanted to have a permanent memory of a Geisha I had passed in the street.  They run quickly by and do not like to pose for photos.  If your not quick it is hard to capture an image.  I found this young girl so beautiful.  The color combinations are saturated and what we might consider discordant -shades of turquoise blue and an obi of various shades and patterns in red.  It is shocking and yet interesting.  I was studying at a Gallery on Long Island and my teacher had suggested I try my hand at replicating the image onto a ceramic vase.  Although not an exact duplication, the image reminds me of the young Geisha.

Poet's Forest

This is the final piece of hand stitched fiber art that is the poets commissioned piece.   Here is what he stated upon seeing this piece " an image of ressurection, renewal, reinhabitation after what some people call destruction or disaster. I believe these two words exemplify the anthropocentric view that most humans have of Earth Phenomena"  


 This is imagery which portrays my view of the part of Long Island called the Pine Barrens- it undergoes deforestation through forest fires and then constantly renews itself.  I feel I captured what he desired in this piece and I am pleased with the results. The piece was actually  by a poem by Tom Stock titled " Soil Meditation" so that the final art piece became a very personal tribute to this author.
Tom has worked tirelessly to preserve and pay tribute to the Long Island Pine Barrens and has studied the area as a poet and a naturalist.  I am thrilled that this fiber art piece will now be part of his collection among other  art he has purchased.