I’ve been creating in one form or another for as long as I can remember. After many years experimenting with paint, typography, and graphic design, I found textiles to be my medium of choice. For over 20 years now, I’ve been cutting apart and piecing fabric together to design and construct quilts. I create two different types of quilts, depending on what is needed and/or what I am drawn to at the time. Sometimes, when I’m looking to escape external chaos, I enjoy getting lost in details and the geometry of quilts, resulting in straight lines, measured curves, and points that align. For the last ten years or so, these types of quilts usually incorporate vintage Japanese kimono cottons and hand dyed indigos. But more often than not, I find myself simply picking up a fabric and my rotary cutter and working by instinct, improvising and arranging as I go. For the large majority of my improvised work, I use solid color fabrics, utilizing textured and woven cottons when available.
I’ve always been drawn to color and design, having grown up in a house full of Marimekko and Peter Max, with vivid memories of watching the Yellow Submarine every year on network television. I also spent a lot of my youth outside, playing in the woods, seeking out the dappled sunlight illuminating green moss or red mushrooms on the forest floor. Lately, I often find myself standing in the sunlight, simply in awe of the colors and patterns all around us. Saturated Color. Clean Lines. Nature. Sunlight. Love. All these influence my work.
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