Contrasts in temperature, materials, and methods, ideas and attitudes, are the focus of my acrylic on canvas painted quilts. I create spatial ambiguities that put the viewer in different places at the same time -- inside and outside, awake and dreaming. I draw upon my own everyday experiences for imagery. The last steps in the process, hand quilting and embroidery, allow me to become physically reacquainted with a piece created at arm's length on the wall, and to add another visual dimension to it.


Selected Recent Exhibits
''Soft Protests,'' American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
''Fantastic Fibers,'' Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
''Full Deck Art Quilts,'' Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
''Quilt National, 1995, '93, '91, '89, '85
and many others

Collections
American Craft Museum, New York City, NY
Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, ME
Airport Hotel, Haneda, Japan
Corbett Business Building, University of Maine, Orono, ME
Rich, Inc., Chicago, IL
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, Fort Lauderdale, FL
and many others

Publications
The Art Quilt, Robert Shaw, 1998
Imagery on Fabric, Jean Ray Laury, 1998
Masters of Illusions: Optical Illusions for Quilters, Karen Coombs, 1998
Dyes and Paints, Elion Noble, 1998
A feature article by Stuart Kestenbaum, Surface Design, July 1998

Education
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, 1964