Speaking in Color

At last I can post pictures of a group quilt created by Mary Ann Littlejohn, Nancy B. Dickey, Connie Fahrion, Susan Fletcher King, Cheryl Johnson, and myself.

On August 26, 2010, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake opened its exhibit, "High Fiber & Raw Materials".  This was the debut of our group quilt entitled "Speaking in Color", and we were awarded a Juror's Choice award.

Mary Ann has posted a very nice slideshow of the opening on her blog, and here are a few of her pictures, plus some of my own photographs.  This was our fiber interpretation of a flower photo, divided into 6 parts, each 24" x 24".  We were happy to find a good professional photographer, Rick Wells, in Houston.

From left to right, top row:  Mary Ann Littlejohn, Nancy B. Dickey, Connie Fahrion.

From left to right, bottom row:  Susan Fletcher King, Cheryl Johnson, Linda Teddlie Minton

"Speaking in Color", hanging at the TAACCL Exhibit, 8-26-10.

Above is a single shot is of my piece, to show the wrapped-edge finishing that we used.  

The gallery canvases that we used were 2" deep.

Detail shot of my piece, to show the quilting and thread painting.

And finally, here is the back of my piece, including the label for the group

plus my own signature image label.

Three more

I came across a few more pieces that I missed in my first run-through of collected art on my walls ... here they are for your enjoyment.


"The Right Stuff" - pastel study for an oil painting of
my grandmother, Hallie Teddlie, on photo safari in Africa.
(From a photograph ... she was in her 80's at the time.)


"Archangel" by Chris Minton
Chris is my youngest stepson, a school teacher, with
largely untapped but natural artistic abilities. This was
a Christmas gift.


"Mask" by Connie Fahrion. I fell in love with this when
Connie had it on display at the Beyond the Borders Art
Quilt Exhibit last year, and bought it. Click on the picture
for more details.