Rising figures 1

A class with Cassandra Beaver, Inspiration to Abstraction, literally inspired over ten quilts so far and taught me a technique that provided vision and also left space for improvisation as the quilts came together. I cannot overstate the value of her teaching, coaching, and opportunity to have my work critiqued (very supportively) by the other amazing artists/quilters in the class.

This series of quilts is from traced drawings of a work of art called Rising Green by Lee Krasner. The inspiration art looks nothing like these pieces, but to me, it evokes a similar emotion and movement. There are three completed Rising Figures quilts in the series, including the first, which was sold untitled, the second titled Rising Figures (in progress at the bottom of the screen), and a third, which is not shown, titled Dark Figures Rising.