| Fallen trees in New Mexico have a beauty that mesmerize me. They have been burnished by the sun, wind and rain and look as if they have existed for millennia. Their smooth, silvered bark bursts and the orange interior spurts out. It is difficult not to anthropomorphize them. This particular tree has a poignancy that I expressed in the title. I think of the great cycle of life and these separate parts of what was once one. This work was chosen to be part of Bernina's International Competition in 1998. Techniques and materials: hand dyed and resist cottons, velvet, silk, machine
appliqué, quilted. |
