My Process

Images are created from my photographs which are digitally manipulated on the computer and printed on fabric.

For the quilted works, i baste the three layers together (top image, batting and backing), the original stitching designs are drawn in pencil on the back of the work and hand quilted from the back. The finished work is gallery-wrapped on stretched canvas.

For the collages, the printed fabric is cut apart in random strips and re-assembled as collages on stretched canvas.

New Digs-Texas Series (2022…..)

This series begins as I move my studio to Texas after spending my first ninety years in New York City where I was born. As before, my work will no doubt be strongly influenced by my surroundings as I explore these new vistas.

Mannahatta Series (2019-2021)

Hand-quilted mixed media works. Mannahatta was the original native American name for the island of Manhattan. The images are derived from architectural structures built during different periods in the history of the island.

New Orleans Revisited Series (2017)

This series focuses on the vibrant colors of several neighborhoods in New Orleans seven years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Mixed media on cotton, and linen, hand quilted, and collage works on stretched canvas..

Patchwork City Series (2015-2017)

Drawn from my photographic images of urban architecture which are digitally manipulated and pigment-printed on linen, these collages capture the energy and vitality of the ever-changing urban landscape. The linen collages are created on a substrate of stretched canvas.

Soft City Series (2010)

An homage to the artist’s downtown New York neighborhood, this series highlights the aging beauty and patina of the cast iron buildings that surround her. Created from her digitally manipulated photographic images which are printed on cotton and hand quilted, the works are hung by aluminum rods which are inserted into sleeves on the back.

Complexity - Nature Series (2012)

These mixed media works are inspired by the natural world. They are created by printing my digitally manipulated photographs onto cotton fabric and adding a layer of depth and animation to the surfaces by hand quilting with silk thread. The works find resonance in the scientific theory of Complexity.

Abstract Pieced Quiltworks (1992-2006)

These pieced geometric abstractions created between 1996 and 2006 are all hand quilted. They hang from anodized aluminum bars which are inserted into sleeves on the back.

Abstract Hooked Works (2007-2008)

This series of hand-hooked works, entitled “Noise” celebrates noise as a metaphor for life. The works are created with strips of printed cotton fabrics which are hooked into a mesh canvas and mounted on stretched canvas.