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"FLOWERS FOR FAYTHE" 2008 SHOWS
See many large flower tapestries at Textures Gallery at Artspace in downtown Scottsdale in December.* Attend the reception on Thursday, December 11, 6-9 pm.
I am dedicating a year of shows to my sister Faythe Wood(1949-2008)and giving 20% of all sales to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. We have faith that a cure for breast cancer is near. PLEASE consider a purchase this year. If you give a donation, I will reduce the price of my artwork.
Many dollars were contributed through sales at my Open Studio. This Boulder art event of 125 artists lasts two full weekends in October. For the summer of 2008 the tapestries were shown at a successful show at the La Jolla Fiber Art Gallery. In March 2009 one more show will be at the gallery of Artwork Network in Denver.
* Textures Gallery: 7127 E. Sixth Ave, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, 480-423-0888.
Hours: Mon-Sat 10am to 6pm, Thursday 10am to 9pm, Sunday 12pm-5pm
GERBERA DAISY 35" x 35"
ARTIST'S COMMENTS:
I weave in the slit tapestry manner of the ancient Aubusson tapestry community in France. Variations include many types, textures and sizes of yarn, dramatic hatching of colors, and some 3-dimensional elements. I love to use wool yarns, but add silks, cottons, rayons spun as chenilles, boucle, thin ribbons. In the Aubusson tapestry, color-blending occurs through the technique of hatching. I have expanded hatching to include grand gestures of color into color to enhance the design. For more texture and drama, I add 3-dimensional elements. There may be additional sections quilted on top of the base tapestry.
In the photo below I am creating a piece of the new art form I developed in 2003 which I named "woven paintings/photos". After warping a small loom in thin yarn, I choose photos or paintings. For example, in "Swallowtail at Sunset," my watercolor of a swallowtail butterfly resting on a purple flower is interspersed with my acrylic painting of a sunset.
Selected AWARDS/JURIED SHOWS/GALLERIES
2008 (Tampa Bay) & 2004 (Denver) Handweavers' Guild of America national shows
2007 First Prize in Fiber, Gilpin County Arts Assn, Central City, CO
Third place in a 2 year traveling exhibit in 17 SW museums & art centers
Boulder Contemporary Art Museum & many other Colorado Fiber Shows
CURRENT GALLERIES
Textures Gallery, Scottsdale
La Jolla Fiber Arts Gallery
Artwork Network, Denver
Artists' Showcase, Denver
COMMISSIONS (over 80 custom pieces since 1974)
Platte Valley Medical Center, Brighton, CO
Exempla Medical Center, Lafayette, CO
Kaiser Permanente, San Diego
No. Colorado Medical Center, Greeley, CO
John & Annie Denver
Syntex Corp., Boulder
Quantum, Colorado Springs
Breckenridge Shopping Mall
Boulder Crossroads Mall
Samsonite Corporation
Denver Mercy Medical Center
Boulder Chamber of Commerce
The Forum & Quorum lobbies, Vantex Properties, Denver
David Pearson, sculptor & Patricia Carlisle,
gallery owner, Santa Fe
PERSONAL
SMU Bachelor’s and Colorado University Master’s degrees in mathematics
Teaching mathematics interspersed with weaving
Hiking and traveling to photograph nature for artwork
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