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My art is a celebration of nature in all her glory. The fabrics I use are natural ones: cottons and silks that I have painted and dyed. My painted skies draw their inspiration from the awesome skies of the Nebraska plains; the landscapes I create evolve as I look at my chosen sky and build upon it. Some are scenes that I have come across in my travels, most spring up from my imagination. I hope that my creations express my love of the plains and will bring others to appreciate their beauty also.

There is a certain satisfaction in having someone see my work and not know that it is cloth until they walk right up to it to see the details from mere inches away. That “Aha!” moment when the viewer realizes these are not ordinary landscapes validates years worth of quilting and other “women’s work” from those women who came before me and who took the arts of quilting and needlework to new heights. These landscapes are truly not your grandmother’s quilts, but they owe their very existence to her skills and her persistence in perfecting the arts of needle and thread.