Category: Mosaic Textiles

TEXTILES_00076_WaterLife II_2026

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WaterLife II
PIECED Series
pieced
18″ square
Abstract design; mosaics; commercial fabrics
2026
QUILTS, WaterLife Series, 2026, pieced, blues, greens, purples, turquoise

Artist Statement

Water. Life giving. Constantly moving. Ebbing and flowing. Captivating. Immersive. With this series, I desired to paint with mosaic cuts of fabrics. The quilts use many fabrics used to ebb and flow throughout an immersive canvas. For instance, Water Life I uses 35 different fabrics – some commercial, some I’ve digitally created myself. The lighter blues in the quilt represent the ebb while the darker blues represents the flow of the deep waters. The center area of the quilt denotes the flurry of activity from a uniform school of water life that travel in unison through the depths of the see.

Process

Fabrics. There were many fabrics chosen for the Water Life series. Mainly cottons of different weights – from lightweight to heavier weight canvas. The fabrics are commercial screen-painted and printed; as well as dyed solid color Kona and mottled fabrics.

Colors.  Sections are made to look like one color from a distance, up close there are many colors making up that area of the quilt. The colors in WaterLife II are bolder and more dramatic. The intent is to show schools of chaotic frenzy in the depths of the mesmerizing sea.

Fusing. The quilt was created on a substrate muslin backing fabric with the handcut mosaic squares and rectangles are fused down onto the backing fabric. The handcut pieces create an irregularity and perfect imperfectness to represent the movement in the deep sea.

Backing the quilt. The quilt is then sewn as a whole cloth onto a muslin backing. Traditional quilt batting was not used to keep the quilt sandwich as thin and tapestry-like as possible. The hand of the quilt is sinewy like water.

Quilting. Stitching was done to enforce movement. Thread colors in the turquoise was chosen for an eye-catching, dramatic effect which differs slightly from the more tranquil WaterLife I. Repeated wavy patterns with cotton threads with stitches of varying lengths were used.

Orientation. The quilt is meant to be oriented horizontally or vertically. This flexibility in viewing is present in most of my quilt designs as it allows the viewer control over the experience.

Stretched on Canvas. It was decided early on to present this quilt in a standard picture size that could be stretched on an 18″ square canvas.

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TEXTILES_00068_Nature’s Abound_2022

Nature’s Abound
MOSAICS Series
26″-w x 34″-h
Abstract design; mosaics
2022
QUILTS, 2023, mosaics, various colors, patterns

Artist Statement:

This mosaic quilt is representative of the vibrancy, evolution and activity in nature throughout the seasons.

Process

This quilt uses 27 different pieces of fabric – commercial cottons, raw silks, and my own digital fabric. Pieces are cut leaving raw edges and then carefully positioned on a whole piece of interfacing to form the mosaic top. The quilt sandwich is the mosaic top, organic acrylic felt and backing cotton fabric. The sandwich is sewn together using cotton thread and then binded with mitered corners.

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TEXTILES_00064d_Leveling Up_2022

Leveling Up
MOSAICS Series
fused
16-1/2″w x 27-3/4″h
Fused commercial cottons
2022
QUILTS, Tales from the Innervision, 2022, fused, yellow, orange, brown
 

Statement:
The 4th work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Leveling Up represents the ascension in one’s personal life. Leveling up is the elevation to reach the next chapter, next stage, next phase, next plateau in one’s existence. This is a personal exercise for each human being and means something different to each one.

View the Tales from the Innervision series statement.

TEXTILES_00064c_Crossing Roads_2022

Crossing Roads
MOSAICS Series
fused
15″w x 30-3/4″h (each piece)
Fused commercial cottons
2022
QUILTS, Tales from the Innervision, 2022, fused, yellow, orange, brown
 

Statement:
The 3rd work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Crossing Roads is the personal discovery of the terrain of life. Like traveling over different terrains, life’s journey consists of crossing many roads that are full of turns, ups, downs, stops, starts, rough patches and smooth ones.

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TEXTILES_00064b_Seeing My Way Out of Blue_2021

Seeing My Way Out of Blue
MOSAICS Series
fused
16-1/4″w x 20″h
Fused commercial cottons
2021
QUILTS, Tales from the Innervision, 2021, fused, yellow, gold, blue
 

Statement:
The 2nd work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Seeing My Way Out of Blue represents the eventual transformation of a human being out of the muck and mire of life’s visceral levels into a deeper, psychic realm of existence.

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TEXTILES_00064a_Searching for Inner Code_2021

Searching for Inner Code
MOSAICS Series
fused
13-3/4″w x 20-1/4″h (each piece)
Fused commercial cottons
2021
QUILTS, Tales from the Innervision, 2021, fused, brown, black
 

Statement:
The first work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Searching for Inner Code represents the inner work that every person goes through to discover their own “code”.

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TEXTILES_00063_Ebony Sons Rising_2021

Ebony Sons Rising
PIECED Series
fused
18″w x 24″h
Fused commercial cottons and rayons. Metallic threads.
2021
QUILTS, Pieced Series, 2021, fused, black-white, grey, oranges, burgundy
 

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Statement:

Ebony Sons Rising honors our black men, their struggles living in America and their enduring strength and resolve to rise.  This piece follows one of my studio tenets which is –
 
BENEVOLENCE
Webster’s dictionary defines benevolence as “the quality of being well meaning; kindness.”  
I aim to create art primarily to promote awareness and enlightenment of mankind.
 
While my artistic voice has historically been abstract, I realize that stories need to be told, candles need to be held up and lights need to shine.  To that end, I continue to strive in letting my unique light shine to tell the stories that enlighten and uplift mankind.

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