Opening Up

I have a solo show!
Well, its the coffee shop at church, but it is a nice space and good motivation to work.

I have volunteered to coordinate some art and artist things at "the grove" - and one of the things I get to do is put together a featured artist exhibits each month. So my month is April, (including the first weekend of May)

I have 10 pieces on display - including one BIG ArtQuilt which was completed a few years ago. The rest are pieced fabric, mounted on stretched canvas. They range from 11" x 14" for $75, to 20" x 24" for $160.

So, if you happen to be in the area this month, please stop by "the grove" and see what I have been doing lately. The church is located on Gilbert road between Germann and Queen Creek - south of the 202 freeway. 2777 S Gilbert Rd., Chandler, AZ 85286 480.883.3733. If the coffee shop is closed, ask the receptionist to let you in.


Most recent piece:

"Opening Up"
20" x 24"

This is the most recent in a series of works using greens, browns, raspberry red and golden yellow. Several have images of doors and/or windows, opening into light.
They represent what I hope for and what I am experiencing in my life right now.


North Window 18" x 24"


Orange Chocolate and Raspberry Chocolate 14" x 14" each


One more opening door: I will be showing at the Vision Gallery in Chandler starting in June. Art on Boston closed at the end of March, but I have a few pieces in the Tempe Center for the Arts store. So as one door closes, another one opens, and another, and a window too!

new pieces

I finished 2 more 16" x 20" pieces.
these will go up at Art on Boston next week - through January.


left is
Watermelon Pickles

right is
Keep Knocking . . . and the door will be opened for you

Surprised By Hope

"Surprised By Hope"
by Adriene Buffington
(c) 2009
ArtQuilt (pieced cotton fabrics on stretched canvas)
36" x 60"

Surprised By Hope

WOW!

I finished my big commission - and Ken and Janet loved it...
so do I!



After lots of pondering, I decided to add a golden ring behind the two circles. Probably the most difficult possible construction - but the design was what I wanted.

almost finished

I am almost finished with this amazing and wonderful piece!


photo above is all sewn together - all 3 feet by 5 feet of it. Setting circles into the background was a challenge!
The piecing will be mounted over a stretched canvas, to hang like a painting.

I still want to add one more design element - debating between either a ring or another circle.

(the ring would be stripped fabric - not white)

working on a comission

A very exciting opportunity!

I have been asked to make a piece for a couple who love my work. They have seen several pieces at Art on Boston, but wanted some thing bigger.
36" x 60" to be exact - which IS bigger than the 24" X 18" and 16" x 20" I have been doing lately.

I am very excited about this!!!


I've got a contract and a deposit and 6 weeks to work in. With a lot of freedom. I chose a color palette of red-oranges and blue-greens.


I'd like to play with a spoked-wheel or semi-circle motif; this couple ride a tandem bicycle, and there's a half-circle window in the room this piece will be displayed in.

So far I have cut and sewn several strip-sets. (photos are 3 of these)
Rather than cut into my actual fabric, I decided to take a photo and print a copy, then cut apart a paper version and see if I like the way it looks. (this saves me the anxiety of making a mistake)
Except the printer wasn't working very well, and I needed a new color ink cartridge. I ended up with a new printer! I have now printed a couple copies.

Okay now - back to the studio to play with my printed fabric. This is fun!

Open Window

My newest piece in the doors and windows series:



Open Window
now on display at Art on Boston gallery
24" x 18"
$160

This piece came together very quickly, in one sewing session - although I had a bunch of the greens and yellows already stripped and sewn.

As I was working on this, I was looking at it from another direction (rotated clockwise) - but it felt better with the light coming downward.







Then we went to France and I took all these photos of sunlight shining through arched doorways, onto steps - and they looked a lot like this piece! deja vu?



This is the 1st century Roman arena in Arles
- still used for bullfights and other events - although they stopped the gladiator contests and throwing Christians to the wild beasts a while back.

So I am expecting to make a few more doors and windows with roman arches and stairs with light flowing down -