If I had a yard of fabric for every time I got one of those emails I’d have a LOT more fabric in my studio! I’ve curated several juried exhibits now and one of the parts I hate about curating is having to send rejection letters. As an artist who has received a lot of them myself, I know that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you open that email and read that your piece was not accepted. Continue reading
Last week I had the kind of day where you spend most of your time sitting in a waiting room. Fortunately I had the book “Minding the Muse” by Priscilla Long in my bag and so I spent most of my day absorbed in it. It’s a small book, just 112 pages but it’s a … Continue reading
vase with flowers, 20” x 40” One of the questions I get asked most often, aside from how do I do those black lines, is how did I find my voice or style. I get this question a lot because I’ve managed to develop a pretty recognizable style in my art quilts and they’re easy … Continue reading
Fear of rejection and failure is one of the toughest challenges for an artist to overcome and the bad news is that rejection and failure are part of the artistic process that every artist will have to deal with at some point. The good news is that you can learn a lot from both of … Continue reading
I recently did a webinar for SAQA on the subject of working in a series and how it can help you develop your own personal style as well as build a body of work and I wanted to share one of the slides from my lecture with you. It’s the last and I think most … Continue reading
