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| Bernie Rowell, contemporary art quilt
artist
My Roots
My Process Using latex enamels, I paint color on large sheets of white canvas, blending wet colors into each other as I brush across the surface. Next, I add an over-printed or spattered layer to create more complex colorations. These created "art materials" are then cut into shapes forming the compositions. A batting layer is added to each section before they are sewn together.Then the fun begins; scraps are used to cut small parts which are painted and embroidered-hundreds of leaves, flowers, or daffodil bulbs perhaps. These parts are then collaged to the surface. The small details add subtle color and texture and are a labor of considerable time and love. Often, I incorporate a signature grid of metallic fabrics. I like the way this makes the piece change mysteriously in different light. Selected Commissions and Installations Morgan, Stanley, Dean Whitter; McClean, Virginia Selected Exhibitions Mint Museum of Craft + Design; Quilts of the Carolinas, Charlotte,
North Carolina 2002 Affiliations Southern Highland Craft Guild, member since 1976 |
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by Nature | Computer Scrap Quilts | Commission
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I have enjoyed the creative process since I was a child, and my mom
always encouraged me, telling me I could do anything. I studied art
education at Michigan State University; taught school but found our
school systems frustratingly uncreative. I became involved with the
American Craft Council's marketing program, traveling to art shows
taking wholesale orders and meeting delivery deadlines. I created small
wall pieces, using dyes on raw silk over-stitched with machine embroidery
and beads. This small business sustained me for ten years and honed
my business and technical skills. Slowly, needing to evolve as an artist,
I moved from dyes to paint on canvas. I began to make larger, one-of-a
kind works, experimenting with new techniques, problem solving and
gradually developing my own voice; my "visual vocabulary." When
I'm not working in my studio, I work in the garden, cherish visits
from my adult children, and enjoy cooking with my husband Robert. Oh
yes, I also love gazing at the hazy blue mountains that surround my
home. It's a good life.