Archives for March 2014

A Glimpse of Living Colour: Dianne Firth

Today’s glimpse of Living Colour! is Chlorophyll a distinctive work by Dianne Firth of Canberra, Australia.Dianne Firth Detail

Living Colour! will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, 10-13 April 2014 . A Glimpse of Living Colour is a series of blog posts sharing preview detail shots of each of the selected works. The blog posts are published every other day and the Preview Gallery will be updated weekly.

A Glimpse of Living Colour: Sue Duffy

Sue Duffy of Scarborough, Queensland celebrates ordinary people in her work Ordinary Folk are Amazing.Sue Duffy - Detail

Living Colour! will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, 10-13 April 2014 . A Glimpse of Living Colour is a series of blog posts sharing preview detail shots of each of the selected works. The blog posts are published every other day and the Preview Gallery will be updated weekly.

A Glimpse of Living Colour: Linden Lancaster

Linden Lancaster of Picola, Victoria celebrates Gouldian finches as a “kaleidoscope of living colour!”
Linden Lancaster Detail

Living Colour! will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, 10-13 April 2014 . A Glimpse of Living Colour is a series of blog posts sharing preview detail shots of each of the selected works. The blog posts are published every other day and the Preview Gallery will be updated weekly.

A Glimpse of Living Colour: Sarah Ann Smith

Amaryllis by Sarah Ann Smith celebrates complementary colours in nature.  Sarah talks about the process of dyeing fabrics for this work in her blog post Dyeing for Living Colour.

Sarah Ann Smith (detail)Living Colour! will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, 10-13 April 2014 . A Glimpse of Living Colour is a series of blog posts sharing preview detail shots of each of the selected works. The blog posts are published every other day and the Preview Gallery will be updated weekly.

A Glimpse of Living Colour: Gillian Travis

Gillian Travis of Yorkshire, England has made many trips to India and these travels inspired her work Returning.  You can read more about Gillian’s travels on her blog.
Gillian Travis Detail

Living Colour! will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, 10-13 April 2014 . A Glimpse of Living Colour is a series of blog posts sharing preview detail shots of each of the selected works. The blog posts are published every other day and the Preview Gallery will be updated weekly.

A Glimpse of Living Colour:
Lois Parish-Evans

Masters of Camouflage is created by Lois Parish-Evans of Newcastle, Australia.  You can view more of Lois’s work on her new website at www.loisparishevans.comLParishEvansDetail

Living Colour! will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, 10-13 April 2014 . A Glimpse of Living Colour is a series of blog posts sharing preview detail shots of each of the selected works. The blog posts are published every other day and the Preview Gallery will be updated weekly.

A Glimpse of Living Colour: Annie White

Annie White of Hunua, Auckland, New Zealand combines semi-improvisational piecing, machine quilting and thread drawing in her work Unfurling.  Join Annie, and her sister Mary Metcalfe, on their new website Two Sewing Sisters.Annie White Detail

Living Colour! will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, 10-13 April 2014 . A Glimpse of Living Colour is a series of blog posts sharing preview detail shots of each of the selected works. The blog posts are published every other day and the Preview Gallery will be updated weekly.

A Glimpse of Living Colour: Paula Rafferty

Paula Rafferty  of Ireland is one of three Living Colour! artists based in Europe. Her work, Wild World is a photo collage reconstructed in cotton fabric.Paula Rafferty Detail

Living Colour! will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, 10-13 April 2014 . A Glimpse of Living Colour is a series of blog posts sharing preview detail shots of each of the selected works. The blog posts are published every other day and the Preview Gallery will be updated weekly.

A Glimpse of Living Colour: Phyllis Sullivan

In her work Bountiful , Phyllis Sullivan of Benalla, Victoria has free machined ferns, vines, leaves and rocks in the background, leaving the colour of the living beings as the main highlight.
Phyllis Sullivan detail

Living Colour! will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, 10-13 April 2014 . A Glimpse of Living Colour is a series of blog posts sharing preview detail shots of each of the selected works. The blog posts are published every other day and the Preview Gallery will be updated weekly.

A Glimpse of Living Colour: Brenda Wood

The colour-changing  chameleon is depicted in Now you see me.. by Brenda Wood of Scarborough, Queensland
Brenda Wood Detail

Living Colour! will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, 10-13 April 2014 . A Glimpse of Living Colour is a series of blog posts sharing preview detail shots of each of the selected works. The blog posts are published every other day and the Preview Gallery will be updated weekly.