I created this piece after reading an article about Farming While Black in Mother Jones Magazine, The Machine That Eats Up Farmland. The quilt started as a bucolic farm landscape, expansive blue skies and green fields growing a bountiful harvest, but now the dream, investment and hope has been smeared. The holes where the harvest should be are collaged with pages from an old bible, which is often used to justify the hate. Taut red cords symbolize controls and red tape that make daily life unnecessarily hard. 

About me:

I have this need to surround myself with color and texture, inspired by my surroundings and our travels. Although I learned to sew and quilt at an early age, making art was not enthusiastically encouraged. I remember walking by the art room in high school and wishing I had room for art classes in my schedule.

I started playing with art supplies again when my kids were young and I relearned with them. The JOY I felt smooshing paint on paper, on fabric, ON MY QUILTS(!). It was like being in kindergarten again, but now there were fireworks going off in my head with all the possibilities! 

Those fireworks keep me experimenting and working out the puzzle of getting the finished piece looking the way I envisioned it. All mediums and techniques are welcomed and explored.

My kids are now adults, but I’m still working on refining my drawing and painting skills, as well as studying color and composition. I still find absolute joy in trying new techniques, colors, and styles in the process of translating what I see, feel, and experience into a physical piece.

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