I've been wanting to see a collection of my work hanging together for a while, ever since someone told me a quilt I was working on "looked like me."
Do I have a style? Hanging all these together makes me realize that I do.
In my artist statement, I tried to sum it up.
I like using pure colors - not ones "browned" or "greyed" down. I like using folk art shapes - as opposed to precise, almost photographic, images. I like combining traditional blocks with applique. I like improvising and compromising to make things work. I also seldom make a bed-sized quilt (unless I'm giving it as a gift).
I never - and I mean NEVER - choose colors for a quilt because it matches my decor, although I may chose them for some other random reason. The colors for the large quilt on the left and the two smaller companion quilts next to it were chosen because they were my high school colors, maize and blue. The quilt next to it is a combination of purples, pinks and poison green - just because I liked those colors together.
