New Work: Three Words I Never Heard: I Love You

 

I saw a meme on social media entitled “8 Things Your Child Needs to Hear From You.” I don’t recall ever hearing “I Love You” ever being said to me or my siblings.

Three Words I Never Heard: I Love You is mixed media on fabric and measures 37" x 38". Monoprinted construction fence fabric and hand stamped x’s and o’s surround hand embroidered fabric (from an antique decorative pillow case), all machine appliquéd on a larger antique embroidery. Both the pillow case and the background embroidery were purchased on eBay.

More New Work in Progress

I’m not being as productive art-wise this weekend as I had hoped but I am being productive in other ways. Some additional embroidered fabric pieces are patiently waiting to be stitched to this new fabric painting in my Loss series, repurposing embroideries with collaged pieces of a monoprinted oval construction fence pattern in various blues. More to come this week or next weekend?

New Work in Progress

Nothing is ironed or pinned down but I’m working on ideas for a new fabric painting in my Loss series, repurposing at least two embroideries with collaged pieces of a monoprinted oval construction fence pattern in various blues. More pictures coming soon.

New Work in Progress: Dates in a Life Walking Project 2023

Here is February (and a view of January and the space for March and later months) in my work in progress "Dates in a Life Walking Project 2023", a year-long painting documenting the number of steps I walk each day. I have been documenting my steps in paintings since 2016.

This year the base monoprinted grid is multi-colored, with Iridescent Bronze background paint to signify the days days I am home or away vs. when I'm in the office at work, all of which have an influence on the number of steps I walk each day. 

Black icons are the number of steps by the thousand under 10,000, and the red icons are the number by the thousand 10,000 or over.

New Work: Welcome to our Home

 

During my teenage years and before I married in my mid-twenties, I fantasized about creating a home that was filled with art and was welcoming to all who entered. Welcome to Our Home is about creating that home, which is the opposite of the home I grew up in.

This painting is mixed media on fabric and measures 32" x 33.5". Monoprinted and painted construction fence fabric, a green cross stitch, and an embroidered sampler are machine appliquéd on a larger embroidery. Both the sampler and the background embroidery were purchased on eBay.

More New Work in Progress

 

I think I have finished this new fabric painting in my Loss series, repurposing three embroideries with collaged pieces of a monoprinted construction fence pattern, but I'm going to keep looking at it and thinking while I do two things that are time dependent, our and my MIL's taxes, and a professional social media gig I volunteered for which I can explain in a few months, but not now. (How's that for a long runoff sentence?!?) When I'm done with those things, or over Presidents' Day weekend, I'll work on my artist statement and photography.

New Work in Progress

I was able to to do a little bit more on this new fabric painting in my Loss series, repurposing three embroideries with collaged pieces of a monoprinted construction fence pattern. Next up is some more painting, my artist statement, and photography, and then I’m done. Maybe (hopefully) next weekend?