After the Gold Rush

I grew up in California and have spent countless hours exploring the beauty of its mountains and deserts. In this quilt I have tried to beautify an unnatural landscape through a play of color and texture on silk. The landscape is I-5, a major transportation artery, crossing the California Art Quilts Unfoldingeduct, the man-made river that moves water from north to south and irrigates farm fields in what once was a desert. This is the second mining of California and hence the name of the quilt. (Inspired by a photograph by Ray Atkeson, courtesy of the Ray Atkeson Image Archive.)

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This quilt was in Quilt National '99 and was awarded the "Rookie Award." The quilt has been published in "The Best in Contemporary Quilts," "Art Quilts: A Celebration," "Batik for Artists and Quilters" and "The Big Book of Quilting." It also appears in the "Quilts 2008" Calendar published by Pomegranate Press.