About the Artist
 
Artist's Statement

Like everybody else, I've become increasingly fascinated by the computer's ability to divide reality into an endless series of ones and zeroes. Perhaps more spiritual than I gave myself credit for, I used to resist computers -- too rational, too predictable, too boring. But they just kept gobbling up the universe, and when I finally started cracking open their cases, revealing a miniature world of bits and bytes, resistors and transistors, RAM and ROM, I quickly learned that computers are more mysterious than I ever would have imagined.

A quilter for 15 years, I was always on the lookout for patterns, and what I began to notice was that the really interesting patterns -- to me, anyway -- were now coming from the computer realm: circuit boards, chip designs, even code, with its orderly arrangement of tabs and indents. Alas, it got harder and harder to express those patterns in the quilt medium, and so I started thinking about crossing over to the other side. I'm now learning Photoshop and Illustrator, two image-processing software applications that, in their sheer intricacy, rival the Talmud. The goal, having set quilting aside, is to capture the patterns of our time using the tools of our time.

I remain influenced by modern art and design, from Japanese woodcuts and Bauhaus weavings to Op Art and the Pattern and Decoration Movement. I also remain influenced by the century-long tradition of modern abstract art, from Piet Mondrian to Ellsworth Kelly to Bridget Riley and beyond. Add to these an interest I've always had in the built environment, from glittering skyscrapers to rusty storm drains, and you start to get an idea where I'm coming from. Hopefully, the images will speak for themselves. If not, I'm sure Google is working on an algorithm that will explain everything.

Juried Exhibitions
Northern National Art Competition: group show
Nicolet College Art Gallery • Rhinelander, WI • 7/18/14 - 9/11/14 Glimmer
New Work: dual exhibition
Madison Public Library, central branch • Madison, WI • 11/7/14 - 12/23/14 New Work
Open: group exhibition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery • 12/1/14 - 12/31/14 Trace Elements
Abstracts: group exhibition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery • 10/1/14 - 10/31/14 Transformer
Botanicals: group exhibition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery • 7/1/14 - 7/31/14 Pinks
Landscapes: group exhibition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery • 6/1/14 - 6/30/14 Dusk
CityScapes: group exhibition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery • 3/1/14 - 3/31/14 Glass Houses
Quilt National 2011
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center • Athens, OH • Checks Mix
Quilt Visions 2010
Oceanside Museum of Art • San Diego, CA • Long May It Wave
ArtQuilt Elements 2010
Wayne Art Center • Philadelphia, PA • Light-Emitting Fabric
Quilt National 2009
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center • Athens, OH • Take Five
American Quilter's Society Annual Exhibition 2009
Paducah Expo Center • Paducah, KY • Judge's Choice Award: Light-Emitting Fabric
Quilt Visions 2008
Oceanside Museum of Art • San Diego, CA • Oh, Gee
American Quilter's Society Annual Exhibition 2008
Paducah Expo Center • Paducah, KY • Completely Dotty
ArtQuilt Elements 2008
Wayne Art Center • Philadelphia, PA • Please Adjust Your Contrast
Quilt Expo 2015, Quilt Expo 2008, Quilt Expo 2007, Quilt Expo 2006, Quilt Expo 2005
Alliant Energy Center • Madison, WI
Quilt National 2007
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center • Athens, OH • Caseville, August 3, 8:53 p.m.
American Quilter's Society Annual Exhibition 2007
Paducah Expo Center • Paducah, KY • Mado-Gawa No Seki
Invitational Exhibitions
Mini-Retro: solo exhibition
Whitewater Cultural Arts Center • Whitewater, Wisconsin • 8/4/16 - 8/28/16 Mini-Retro
The Jury Is In: seven-person show
Visions Art Museum • San Diego, CA • 4/16/16 - 7/3/16 The Jury Is In
Out of Whole Cloth
Ballweg Gallery • Goodman Center • Madison, WI • 3/1/16 - 3/31/16 Out of Whole Cloth
Quilt Making: A Modern Practice: group show
Gallery at Truax • Madison College • Madison, WI • 1/11/16 - 2/19/16 Trans Action
im(material): three-person show
Gallery 1 • Overture Center • Madison, WI • 12/8/15 - 13/6/16 im(material)
Wisconsin Visual Artists SC Chapter: group show
UW Hospital • University of Wisconsin • Madison, WI • 8/29/15 - 10/3/15 Heavy Metal
Summer Works: group show
Opera House Art Gallery • Mt. Horeb, WI • 7/18/ - 9/21/11 Gold Bricks
Wisconsin Visual Artists SC Chapter: group show
Pyle Center • University of Wisconsin • Madison, WI • 5/1/15 - 5/28/15 Tequila Sunset
Wisconsin Visual Artists SC Chapter: group show
UW Hospital • Madison, WI • 9/6/14 - 10/4/14 Starry Night
Vital Signs: group show
Promega • Fitchburg, WI • 6/10/14 - 9/30/14 Click
Featured Artist, Glendale Quilt Guild annual show: solo exhibition
Pasadena Convention Center • Pasadena, CA • 3/21/14 - 3/22/14 Above the Fruited Plain
Just Off the Square: solo exhibition
Madison Municipal Building • Madison, WI • 5/20/11 - 7/29/11
Quilt Visions Gallery • San Diego, CA • 5/7/10 - 7/25/10
Cream of the Cloth: Quilts from the Marbaum Collection of Hilary & Marvin Fletcher
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles • San Jose, CA • 11/16/10 - 1/30/11 • Sine Me Up
Piecing It Together: Solo Exhibition
Quilt Expo • Madison, WI • 9/9/10 - 9/11/10
Exceptional Quilts 2008
Castle Museum • Saginaw, MI • Staggering 1Cloud Cover
By the Hands of Men 2007
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum • Golden, CO • VWStacked Against Me
National Publications
Color Play, by Joen Wolfrom
C&T Publications • Lafayette, CA • Color Play
Quilt Art Engagement Calendar 2011
The American Quilter's Society • Paducah, KY • Oh, Gee
The Art Quilt Collection: Designs and Inspiration from Around the World
Sixth&Spring Books • New York, NY • A Complete Basket Case
500 Art Quilts
Lark Books • Asheville, NC • Around the BendSine Me Up
The Art Quilt: Quilt Visions 2010
A Visions Publication • San Diego, CA • Long May It Wave
Quilt National 2009: The Best of Contemporary Quilts
Lark Books • Asheville, NC • Take Five
The Art Quilt: Quilt Visions 2008
A Visions Publication • San Diego, CA • Oh, Gee
Quilt Art Engagement Calendar 2008
The American Quilter's Society • Paducah, KY • Staggering 1
Quilt National 2007: The Best of Contemporary Quilts
Lark Books • Asheville, NC • Caseville, August 3, 8:53 p.m.
Quilt Art Engagement Calendar 2005
The American Quilter's Society • Paducah, KY • GridLock 1