Influence

20 x 20"

Loved

18 x 27

Righteous

8 x 15

Think

31 x 27

Forgotten

10 x 14

Left Hand

15 x 24

Left Hand (detail)

15 x 24

Conditional Love

16 x 23

Ruined Portland

12 x 16

Alcatraz

8 x 12.5

Andes

11 x 13.5

Eternity

17 x 25

Eternity (detail)

17 x 25

Heart

16 x 17

Ball

16 x 23

Hydrangea

17 x 21.5

Remnant

16 x 34

Remnant (detail)

16 x 34

Oculo-archaic

15 x 28

Armed Fool

15 x 20

THE EMBROIDERY

I was a teenager during the Hippie era. The flowing, rhythmic freedom of the music and clothing offered me a joy in life that was not possible within the evangelical environment of my childhood. I started embroidering and have never stopped. My technique has evolved through the decades. I studied crazy quilts, embroidered samplers, nomadic tribal embroidery, and visited an embroidery studio in North Viet Nam. Drawing and painting are essential skills that I have found to be the precursors to the finer art of embroidery.