Our next assignment is to look back through our quilts and decide if they are representational, impressionistic, or abstract. Well most of mine are representational or impressionistic if they are art quilts... but some of the just fun quilts or traditional types that I have made for someone special or for our quilt ministry really caught my eye because they are more abstract. Here is a sampling... Typical of my representational quilts.....you can tell what it is for sure. Impressionistic with definite leanings toward abstraction. The limited color pallet helps. Same is true here. This representational view of Grand Prismatic Spring looks abstract due to the very nature of this phenomena. This playful 3 Red Birds and a Black Bird is getting quite abstract...in an organic way. As is Out of Africa, one of my favorite quilts. Its so joyous and playful. Seeking Peace in Today's World has always been a favorite of mine too, and guess what? Its quite abstract! Why don't I have more of these "make me happy" abstracts? That's what I hope this class will inspire me to do! Flight Over Kandahar is abstract... and a failure. The fabrics are hand dyed silk that I did myself... machine and hand stitch... but it just has no soul. More successful and abstract is this History of Rock and Roll that is currently hanging in Denver at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. I like this Tribute to Selena and Other Victims of Gun Violence very much. I felt it conveyed the concept well. It is in the SAQA show Guns: Loaded Conversations. I am not sure how to classify it - but it is some where between impressionistic and abstract. Well here is my surprise favorite for abstract. I had forgotten about this made early last winter and given to our quilt ministry. But to me it is ABSTRACT and interesting. And a few more geometrics caught my eye because of their strong repetition of patterns and bold color choices.
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Sharon BuckI have always been an artist and with art quilts I have found a way to combine my two loves of painting and textiles. Archives
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