Wider Skies

Wider Skies was an exhibition of Wall Quilts displayed at Brown Brothers Cellar Door Sales during the Wangaratta Textile Festival 2002, June 14th until July 14th. There were 25 small quilts on display.

Through the medium of my wall quilts I have tried to interpret my feelings and memories of some wonderful trips within Australia and overseas. From the trees, plants, rocks and the landscape colours. The symbolic art work of the aboriginals of Australia and other countries inspire my imagination, as do the animals and colours of many places under the world's wide skies. The first quilts in this exhibition are Australian inspired and in the last 6 quilts I have been influenced by aspects of other countries. My quilts are very simple in design and I have relied on the fabric colours to capture and represent my feelings. Many of the fabrics I have dyed and printed myself and I have used a variety of techniques.