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  • PAINTINGS 1
    • Strength in Numbers
    • When the Wisteria Blooms
    • Snow on the Beach
    • It Only Takes One
    • Fishing Off Orcas Island
    • Foxglove, Grasses, & Butterflies
    • Scattered Fans
    • White Circle of Silence
    • Northwest Rain Kosode
    • Iona Drum Design
    • Autumn's Full Moon
    • Golden Eagle Under a Highland Moon
    • Skagit Homecoming
    • Frogs on a Log
    • Weasel Mania
    • Chito Reef Octopus
    • In the Spirit of Serizawa & Kubota
    • Hovering Harrier
    • On Eagle's Wings Ema
  • Paintings 2
    • Windswept Pine Near the Shore
    • Frog Games
    • Summer Heron
    • Guests of Summer
    • Sparrow's Spring
    • Northern Flicker
    • Worlds Apart
    • Autumn Grasses (Oribe Tribute)
    • Life's Essence
    • Hunt Above the Corn Stalks
    • A Tribute to Itchiku Kubota: Ozette Sunset
    • Cathedral of the Trees
    • Kelpies
    • Tree of Life II
    • Plum Blossoms in Spring
    • Swans by Mt. Baker
    • Raven's Forest
    • Baillie Scott Trinity
    • Guardians of the Green Wood
  • Paintings 3
    • Maple Leaves in the Stream
    • Plum & Full Moon in Spring
    • Chickadee in the Quince
    • The Four Guardians
    • Circle About the Moon
    • Eelgrass Nursery Rhyme
    • Dragons
    • Bluebird & Bamboo
    • Lingcod Guardian
    • Capercaillies Under Scots Pines
    • Cedar Green Man
    • Elk Along the South Fork
    • Cats United
    • Hops & Butterflies
    • Serizawa's Kimono
    • Spirits of Ozette
    • č’u•? is Seal
    • Doves' Song
    • Eagle Embraces Her
  • Paintings 4
    • Nuthatches on a Pine Branch
    • Hummingbird & Fuchsia 4
    • Yellow Flags by the Pond
    • Time to Go Home
    • Blood Moon in January
    • Falling Leaves--Washed Away
    • Goldfinch Dream
    • Camellias in Bloom Woodblock Print
    • Autumn Carpet
    • The Peacock Quilt
    • An Eala Bahn (The White Swan)
    • Two Eagles Entwined
    • Horse Ema
    • Lucia's Maple
    • Loons & Horses
    • Eagles Spring Dance
    • Watts Chapel Tribute Memorial
    • Voysey's tree
    • Hot Otter Love
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    • Karakami Square Series >
      • Karakami Square #1: Cherry Tree
      • Karakami Square #5: La Conner Scene
    • Clam Beach Revisited
    • Dragonfly Tray
    • Journey Home From Ozette Island
    • Tsooes Sunset
    • Peacock Sconces
    • Grueby's Forest
    • Screens >
      • Eagles 2-Panel Folding Screen
      • The Four Seasons Screen Series >
        • Fall Screen: Canada Geese & Maples
        • Winter Screen: Eagle & Pine
        • Spring Screen: Cherry Trees & Finches
        • Summer Screen: Swallows & Willow
      • Frog's House Screen
      • Waterfall Screen
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  • Hawk on a Pine
Picture
THE PEACOCK QUILT
ACRYLICS ON CEDAR W/RED OAK FRAME
SUMMER 2014

     Leigh’s friend Merry is an amazing quilter and she invited me in June to do a collaborative project with her.  Needless to say I was very excited about the possibilities.  I believe the two-dimensional aspects of my designs lends themselves to being expressed as textiles and the idea of seeing one done as a quilt is intriguing to say the least.  She came over to look at my designs and together we came up with a design which incorporated peacocks.  I started immediately to draw the design and submitted it to her for approval.  I wanted the design to be both pleasing to her and capable of being transformed into a quilt.  The plan was that each of us would execute the design in our own way and then reveal the finished works at a later date.  My peacock designs were inspired by a Talwin Morris metal panel designed for a sconce showing an Art Nouveau stylized peacock.  I adapted it to fit the Northwest Coast formline structure and included spirals and other Celtic elements to create my peacocks. The British Arts & Crafts architect/designer C.F.A. Voysey has strongly influenced my art.  His wallpaper and textile designs have provided inspiration as well as design elements to be incorporated in my own designs.  Anne Stewart O’Donnell‘s 2011 book C.F.A. Voysey: Architect, Designer, Individualist presents many of Voysey’s graphic designs and  this has been a helpful resource.  Voysey’s wallpaper design from 1907 for Sanderson & Sons gave me the idea of painting the light green arrow-headed leaves in the background (see page 26).  The elderberry leaves and berries came from a design I painted in entitled Raven’s Choice (2011).  I made the frame out of red oak using pegged, hand-joined, mortise-and-tenon construction methods.  I used the Japanese technique (shou-sugi-ban) of charring and oiling the oak to finish the frame.  This has been a very fun project and I look forward to seeing the finished quilt in the future.

DIMENSIONS:     HEIGHT:  39 inches
                             WIDTH:  24 ¼ inches

                                                                       PRICE $800

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