Abstract curved piece quilt with red figure and brown, blue, gold, pink and dark gray elements

The Northern Cardinal flies between the mature oak trees in Ohio

Cardinal

May 2024

$2,500

Available for purchase

Dimensions

50 × 70 inches

Techniques

improv piecing, longarm machine-quilted

About This Piece

Large abstract wall hanging or throw quilt with faced binding and bold abstract shapes in red, gold, gray, brown and pink.

Artist's Note

This was drawn from several improvised blocks that were blown up, skewed and stretched using interesting color boundary relationships and maintaining a balance between foreground and negative space. The red shape that stretches across 3 block boundaries looked like an outstretched curving wing and reminded me of the cardinals in Ohio darting between the oak trees. I chose to keep the irregular shape rather than cropping and eliminating some of the movement on the edges.