Abstract quilt with geometric shapes in warm colors like red, orange, yellow, and black.

Animals And Nature Gallery

Detailed textile art of a dog with brown, black, and white fur lying on a riverbank, surrounded by green foliage and brown rocks.
A detailed quilt art depicting a Siberian Husky dog sitting on grass with a blue sky, clouds, and a row of trees in the background.
A patchwork quilt featuring an image of a dog in mid-air, jumping over a landscape scene with mountains and grass.
A quilted artwork featuring a puffin bird and a smaller bird, with a background of a mountain and sky.
Colorful fabric quilt with embroidered and appliqué flowers and leaves, featuring a purple rose, pink blossoms, a red flower, and decorative embellishments on a blue background.
A colorful embroidered quilt depicting a bouquet of various flowers with green leaves against a blue background.
Abstract quilt with geometric patterns in shades of red, orange, yellow, and black, featuring vertical, diagonal, and horizontal lines and patches of fabric.
Art quilt of a dog lying down in an outdoor landscape with mountains, trees, a river, and a colorful ball.
Artwork of two dogs sitting on green foliage, with a textured background.
A quilt with a landscape scene of a forest with tall trees and a pathway, using patchwork fabric in various colors and patterns.
An artistic collage of a Siberian Husky dog with blue eyes, sitting in a field with yellow grass, in front of a row of leafless trees backed by a cloudy sky. The background features layered clouds in shades of blue and gray.

Kiva

26” x 36” - Feb 2024

1st place - Quilts - Original Design
2024 Calgary Stampede Arts and Crafts Showcase

Commission - Private Collection - Calgary, AB

This art quilt pays tribute to a beloved pet. A constant companion and a dearly missed family member. With a layering technique I have designed, collaged, quilted and stitched fused fabrics together for a realistic effect.

Playing With Fire II

30” x 48” - 2015

3rd place overall - Quilts
2015 Calgary Stampede Arts and Crafts Showcase

Commission - Private Collection - Calgary, AB

This quilt is my first commissioned work. Friends were inspired by my first fire piece, Mountain Blaze – Playing with Fire. I said that I would remake it larger for their liking.

Antarctic Ululation

23” x 32” - Feb 2018

Commission - Private Collection - Calgary, AB

Sometimes we’re lucky enough to observe great moments in nature.
In this instant, self and subject are one. Awareness that the air beneath your wings is the same air that trills in my throat. I see you - I am here!

LEO

23” x 23”

Juried into the Canadian Quilters’ Association
National Juried Show 2016

Commission - Private Collection - Calgary, AB

With much meaning and gratitude this portrait was brought to life.
A physician and friend was intrigued with my previous work using fabric as an art medium and she asked me to make a portrait of her Border Collie, Leo. He is a beloved family pet who is in his twilight years.
It was my goal to communicate his loyal and gentle spirit in fabric. For me, he came alive when I got the eyes right!

Aussie

29” x 40”

Judges’ Choice
Canadian Quilt Association National Juried Show 2015

Private Collection - Victoria, BC

My inspiration is the character of a west coast family’s Chocolate Labrador Retriever. He’s the (old) man of the house who commands importance within the family and his environs. He draws you in to his world and dares you to throw the ball one more time!

Alison - Kangaroo

2010

Private Collection - Fernie, BC

I feel connected to this animal from the time I spent in Australia.

Kangaroo was started in the first workshop I took with quilt artist Ruth MacDowell. A prolific textile artist and generous teacher, Ruth’s style and techniques continue to influence my artistic work.

Rebirth of the Forest

25” x 26” - 2016

Private Collection, UK

This piece is a continuation of my exploration in fabric of fire scenes. It depicts a field of fireweed carpeting a burn path from the Fort McMurray forest fire of 2016. It also symbolizes the power of regrowth and renewal and it is my hope that in time Fort McMurray will be surrounded again in color. It is made with a combination of commercial and hand dyed fabrics.

Mountain Blaze - Playing With Fire

27.5” x 19” - 2015 - NFS

Second Place, Original Design Abstract Pictorial
Canadian Quilt Association National Juried Show 2015

This art quilt was inspired by an article and picture about the destructive forest fires in Northern Alberta that was published in the Calgary Herald in the summer of 2012. I love the contrast between the orange and black in a linear way - also the contrast between the horizontal and vertical trees on fire. I incorporated my dyed fabrics into the piece.

A wall display featuring framed photos, artwork, and decorative items including flowers, a teddy bear, and inspirational signs with the words 'be a badass' and 'when in doubt look up.' The background shows a large framed painting of a landscape with trees and hills.

Underwater Bouquet 1 & 2

8.5” x 11” - Feb 2018

Private Collection - Calgary, AB

I am continuously inspired by my experience scuba diving and the diversity of life in the ocean. Coral is like a beautiful garden scape of life so rich and colourful. This work started from a seed, ideas and decisions nurtured one after another. I am a true explorer on every dive, and artistic challenge.

Zac & Zoey

24 ” x 26” - Feb 2019

Commission - Private Collection - Calgary, AB

Harbinger of Spring 1 & 2

24” x 12” - 2016

1- Private Collection - Calgary, AB

2 - Gallery of the Crowsnest Pass - for sale in the gift shop $320.

The Prairie Crocus is the first plant to bloom in spring. Its light and delicate disposition is a striking contrast to the rugged and harsh conditions in which they exist. I think of Prairie Crocus as the ‘ears of the earth’ - at first thaw and with hearty determination they break free from winter’s grasp. They turn in the warm westerly winds and listen for summer’s return.

Photo inspiration with permission by Neil Zeller.

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