It all started in 1979. Brian and I received a quilt as a wedding present, a green and white “Robbing Peter to Pay Paul” dating from the late 19th century, and I was hooked. As a girl who had grown up in the ‘60s and ‘70s, in a house decorated in 60's psychedelic, I found myself strangely drawn to that quilt. I signed up for a quiltmaking class and discovered my obsession with textiles.
My background is technical, not artistic. I have a degree in Geology from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and an MBA from the University of Texas Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas. I worked for many years in hospital marketing and public relations and in a regional blood bank. After my husband’s job moved us to Fort Worth, Texas, I became a full-time quilt artist. I've studied with Nancy Crow, Terri Jarrard-Diamond, David Hornung and Lisa Call. I've come a long way from my traditional roots!
My background is technical, not artistic. I have a degree in Geology from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and an MBA from the University of Texas Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas. I worked for many years in hospital marketing and public relations and in a regional blood bank. After my husband’s job moved us to Fort Worth, Texas, I became a full-time quilt artist. I've studied with Nancy Crow, Terri Jarrard-Diamond, David Hornung and Lisa Call. I've come a long way from my traditional roots!
RESUME
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2018
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2023
2014
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
AWARDS
2019
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2015-2021
PUBLICATIONS
2021
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
- "Linear Abstractions II", Dallas Quilt Show, Dallas Texas
- "Material Abstraction", Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
- "Linear Abstractions", Dallas Quilt Show, Dallas Texas
- "A Fine Focus", Goodrich Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- "Material Construction", Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
- "Art on the Horizon", Carrollton, Texas
- "Soft Linearity", Elm Creek Studio, Keller, Texas
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2018
- Stitched Construct, Sabine St. Studios, Houston, Texas
- Fiber Abstractions, North Lake College, Irving, Texas
- Circular Abstractions, Ohio Decorative Arts Center, Lancaster, Ohio
- Circular Abstractions, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York
- Friends of Fiber, Irving, Texas
- Quilt Visions-American Modern Quilt Art, Oulu Museum of Art, Oulu, Finland
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2023
- Quilt National, Athens, Ohio
- QuiltCon, Atlanta, Georgia
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- Sacred Threads, Herndon, Virginia
- American Quilter's Society, Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky
- QuiltCon, Phoenix, Arizona
- Light the World, European Patchwork Meeting, San-Marie-Aux-Mines, France
- Connections, Studio Art Quilt Associates, debuting at International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- Quarantine Quilts: Creativity in the Midst of Chaos, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts
- Primal Forces: Earth, International Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky
- Quarantine Quilts: Creativity in the Midst of Chaos, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky
- Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York
- Circles, Square, & Triangles: Geometry in Quilts, The Museum of Geometric and Madi Art, Dallas, Texas
- Fresh Ideas 2020, Visual Art League of Lewisville, Lewisville, Texas
- Opposites Attract, Studio Art Quilt Associates, juried by Gail M. Brown, debuting at Australasian Quilt Festival
- Musica!, Studio Art Quilt Associates, juried by Joe Cunningham, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky
- Quilts=Art=Quilts, juried by Petra Fallaux and Clair Benn, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- Sacred Threads, Herndon, Virginia
- Dinner @ 8: The Final Year, Chicago, Illinois
- American Quilter's Society, Daytona Beach, Florida
- Season After Season, Studio Art Quilt Associates, juried by Karey Bresenhan and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, Texas
- Quilts=Art=Quilts, juried by Gerri Spilka and Kit Vincent, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York
- American Quilter's Society Fall Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky
- Dinner @ 8: The Final Year, Houston, Texas
- Metamorphosis, Studio Art Quilt Associates, juried by David Hornung, Houston, Texas
- American Quilter's Society Spring Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky
- TEXtiles, SAQA Regional Exhibit, San Antonio, Texas
- Escapades in Fiber, Dallas Area Fiber ARTists Annual Show, jury by Peggy Epner, Dallas, Texas
- Art Quilt Elements 2018, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, juried by Paul Smith, Marsha Moss and Mi-Kyoung Lee
- Dinner @ 8: Personal Iconography, Houston, Texas
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- Texas Artists' Coalition Impromptu Invitational, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
- Texas Quilts: Art in Stitch, Abilene Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, Texas
- American Quilter's Society, Spring Paducah, Kentucky
- Fiberlicious, Dallas Area Fiber ARTists Annual Show, juried by Gayle Curry, Dallas, Texas
- Textile Posters, Studio Art Quilt Associates, juried by Joseph Lupo, Houston, Texas
- Visual Arts Society of Texas (VAST) 11th Annual 125-Visual Arts Exhibition, juried by Linda Ridgway, Denton, Texas
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- Quilts=Art=Quilts, juried by Valerie Goodwin, Terry Jarrard-Dimond and Judy Kirpich, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York
- Yvonne Porcella, Crafting a Life, Napa, California
- Best of the Biennial, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
- Dallas Area Fiber ARTists Annual Show, juried by Suzanne Morgan, Dallas, Texas
- American Quilter's Society, Paducah, Kentucky
- Visual Arts Society of Texas (VAST) 10th Annual 125-Mile Visual Arts Exhibition, juried by Dr. John Marcucci, Denton, Texas
- Circular Abstractions: Bullseye Quilts, juried by Nancy Crow, Muskegon, Michigan
- Forney Art Council Show, Forney, Texas
- 2015 Fiber Artists of San Antonio Annual Show, juried by Mary Heathcott, San Antonio, Texas
- Fiber Focus: Dallas Area Fiber Artists, juried by Vicki Mayhan, Dallas, Texas
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- Texas Artists Coalition 10th Annual Show, juried by Cohn Drennan, Fort Worth, Texas
- Dinner at Eight, juried by Jamie Fingal and Leslie Tucker Jenison, Houston, Texas
- FOCUS: Fiber, juried by Julio Suarez, Dallas, Texas
- QuiltCon, Austin, Texas
2014
- Spun: Innovations in Fiber Art, juried by Bartholomew Bland, Etui Fiber Arts Gallery, Larchmont, New York
- Quilts=Art=Quilts, juried by Valerie Goodwin and Kathleen Loomis, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York
- Art in the Garden, Fort Worth, Texas
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- Quilt Visions 2014: the Sky's the Limit, juried by Sue Benner, Patty Hawkins and Bruce Hoffman, San Diego, California
- Form, Not Function, juried by Denise Burge, Rebecca Cross and Valerie C. White, New Albany, Indiana
- The Fine Art of Fiber, juried by Teri Muse, Dallas, Texas
- American Quilter's Society, Paducah, Kentucky
- Road to Califiornia, Ontario, California
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- Infinity Art Gallery, online, juried by Nancy Dobson and MarDee Hanson
- High Fiber Diet, juried by Cynthia Padilla, Dallas, Texas
- The Art in Fiber, Round Top, Texas, juried by Karey Brensenhan
- Hands All Around, International Quilt Market and Festival, Houston, Texas, Cincinnati, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, Long Beach California, Portland, Oregon, juried by Karey Bresenhan
- Reflections in Fiberart, juried by Nina Mihm, Austin, Texas
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
- Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- North Texas Quilt Festival, Arlington, Texas
- Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Trinity Valley Quilt Guild Annual Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- FWCAC Biennial 2016, Fort Worth, Texas
- Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Trinity Valley Quilt Guild Annual Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- SAQA Texas Region traveling exhibit, "A Texas Experience"
- Trinity Valley Quilt Guild Annual Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Trinity Valley Quilt Guild Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Trinity Valley Quilt Guild Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Trinity Valley Quilt Guild Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
AWARDS
2019
- First place ribbon for "Shock Melt", Art: Abstract, Small Division, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- First place ribbon for "Tiger's Eye", Art: Abstract, Large Division, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- Second place ribbon for "Shock Melt", Art Category, Dallas Quilt Show, Dallas, Texas
- Third place ribbon for "Wild Thing", Wall Quilts: Art Quilts, AQS Fall Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky
- Honorable Mention for Schist #1, Wall Quilts: Pieced Quilts, AQS Fall Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky
- First place ribbon for "Tuning Fork #29: The Salt Marsh Near First Encounter Beach", Small Wall Quilts, Moveable Machine Quilted, AQS Spring Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky
- Third place ribbon for "Schist #2", Art: Abstract - Large Division, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- Honorable Mention for Outstanding Craftsmanship, Fiberlicious, Dallas, Texas
- First place ribbon for "Tuning Fork #29: The Marsh Near First Encounter Beach, Art: Abstract - Large Division, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- First Place and Judges Choice for "Schist #2", Trinity Valley Quilt Guild Annual Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Honorable Mention for "Tuning Fork #11", AQS Quiltweek, Art Quilt Division, Paducah, Kentucky
- Third place award for "Tuning Fork #26: Green Flash", DAFA Annual Show, Dallas, Texas
- Third place ribbon for "Tuning Fork #29: The Marsh Near First Encounter Beach, Master Art Division, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Honorable Mention ribbon for "Subdivisions #9", VAST 125 Mile Show, Denton, Texas
- Third place ribbon for "Subdivisions #12", Fiber Artists of San Antonio Annual Show, San Antonio, Texas
- First place award for "Subdivisions #9", FOCUS: Fiber, Dallas, Texas
- First place ribbon for "Tuning Fork #22, Dark Waters", Master Art Division, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Judge's Choice ribbon for "A New Riff" from Gerald E. Roy, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Honorable Mention ribbon for "A New Riff", Master Art Division, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Honorable Mention ribbon for "Tuning Fork #11", Master Art Division, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Honorable Mention ribbon for "Tuning Fork #24, Lake Effect", Master Art Division, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Cathy Rasmussen Emerging Artist Memorial Award, presented by SAQA, for "String Theory", Quilt Visions 2014: the Sky's the Limit
- Award of Excellence presented by the River City Fiber Artists for "Tuning Fork #6", Form, Not Function, New Albany, Indiana
- Second place ribbon for "Big Figure #8", The Fine Art of Fiber, Dallas, Texas
- First place ribbon for "Tuning Fork #12", Small Wall Quilts: First Entry in an AQS Paducah Contest, Paducah, Kentucky
- Second place ribbon for "Tuning Fork #12", Master Art Division, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Honorable Mention for "Resonance", Master Art Division, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Honorable Mention for "String Theory", Master Art Division, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- Second place ribbon for “Resonance”, Art Abstract Category, Road to California, Ontario, California
- First place ribbon for “Tuning Fork #11”, Art-Abstract Large Category, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
- First place ribbon for “Tuning Fork #12”, Art Category, Trinity Valley Quilt Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Second place ribbon for “String Theory”, Art Category, Trinity Valley Quilt Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Third place ribbon for “Ruins #1”, Art Category, Trinity Valley Quilt Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Honorable Mention for “ModLogs”, Art Category, Trinity Valley Quilt Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Best Art Quilt for “Resonance”, High Fiber Diet, Dallas, Texas
- First place ribbon for “Resonance”, Art Category, Trinity Valley Quilt Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Honorable Mention for “Strip Study #4”, Master Art Division, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
- First place ribbon for “Tuning Fork #6”, Art Category, Trinity Valley Quilt Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Second place ribbon for “Strip Study #3”, Art Category, Trinity Valley Quilt Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Third place ribbon for “Strip Study #2”, Art Category, Trinity Valley Quilt Show, Fort Worth, Texas
- Honorable Mention for “Strip Study #2, Master Art Division, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2015-2021
- Member of SAQA Exhibition Committee, serving as Committee Chairman 2018 to 2021
- Member of Texas Artists Coalition
- Member of Dallas Area Fiber Artists, Dallas, Texas
- Texas Regional Co-Representative, Studio Art Quilt Associates
- Juried Artist Member of Studio Art Quilt Associates
- Member of North Texas Art Quilters, Fort Worth, Texas
PUBLICATIONS
2021
- Dallas Morning News, December 25, 2020, Guide Section, photograph of Descending promoting the MADI Museum of Geometric Art
- Sider, Sandra, Quarantine Quilts: Creativity in the Midst of Chaos, 2021
- Dallas Morning News, December 25, 2020, Guide Section, photograph of Descending
- Quilting Arts Magazine, October/November 2018, "Inspiration vs. Emulation," pp. 10-14
- Quilting Arts Magazine, August/September 2018, "Textile Posters, A Selection of Quilts from SAQA," p. 71
- Sider, Sandra, 1000 Quilt Inspirations, Beverly, Massachusetts, Quarry Books, pp. 214-215
- SAQA Journal, Winter 2015, Cover Photo and p. 36.
- American Quilter Magazine, July 2014, p. 92
- Harris, Erin, QuiltEssential, Layfayette, California, C&T Publishing, pp. 114-115
- Brensenhan, Karey, America From the Heart: Quilters Remember September 11, 2001, Layfayette, California, C&T Publishing, p. 18
- Barker, Jackie, “Woman of 100 Quilts is Always in Stitches”, Life & Arts Section, p. 1, Houston Chronicle, September 5, 2002 (click here to read article)
Tuning Fork #2 was used on the poster advertising the 2011 Fri Resonans Festival in Norway.