Life of a Single Artist

This is my piece titled "Reaching." The symbolism of the box itself is just a symbol for anything in life that seems to ensnare...

I am starting a new fiber art piece. After sketching on a week long cruise to the Carribean I came up with an idea. Butterflies that carrie...

Oh- the rain is pouring today- washing away scads of pollen.  There are places like Aruba that barely see an inch of rain.  I feel chilly fr...

I love color and composition in all its forms.  As an artist I have an eye that has been trained for years to stop and notice the intricacie...

I love walking -it is a solitary activity , but it gives me time to think.  Sometimes I find the woods and the wide open spaces a chance to ...

In the small hills outside Kyoto -you walk along the suburban areas near Ohara Japan.  This was a sweet gal who with one assistant produced ...

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 lik...

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 ...

This is what I called the Sakura bowl- in Japan in April the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.  They are so beautiful that everyone is in ...

Sometimes I walk along the beaches and I think about the absolute beauty of what is so hidden from us.  The world that we don't see if f...

When I was in Kyoto I got to visit a family of Indigo farmers and Dyers.  What is absolutely mesmerizing was the techniques of storing the t...

This is my studio today before I put all my fabric back in order- sometimes it all gets quite ahead of me.  Love this little studio of mine...

This is the stitching I did today in my studio for my poet's piece.  I am slowly getting all the small stitching done and adding small ...

This is the preliminary beginning of the piece I am starting for the commissioned piece of the Long Island Pine Barrens.  I am just startin...

This piece is approximately 6 foot wide by about 7 ft in length.  This particular piece was very challenging.  I started out being able to ...

All great and not so great artists have a vision that drives their work,  It takes a long time to see your own world view come to life in ou...

This is one of my favorite studies of a collage fish.   This was made when I came back from Kyoto.  I hand pieced all the small bits of clo...

Art is my drug of choice.  Some people are addicted to drinking, gambling or eating potato chips.  I fine that when I am working in my stud...

I am in a state of quandary about hair.  This is a bowl I made completely sewn and fabricated out of the hair of a alpaca.  I sewed and sta...

I am amazed by the art and beauty of the geisha and maiko of Japan. From the make-up to the way they dress has always fascinated me. I got...

Life of a Single Artist: My Work

I decided to put my dreams into a bowl. I dream in Tessellation. Repeating geometric patterns occupy my mind at night. These bowls were m...

I was traveling alone on the Long Island Rail Road and slowly making my way into Penn Station. Slowly the motion of the train eases my mind...

Perhaps your wondering what exactly is Fiber Art.  It is the taking of cloth and manipulating it-dying it-sewing it-tearing it and making it...