rescued damask, tannin and iron natural dyes, velvet, paint, machine pieced, reverse applique, hand quilted with a variety of threads (cotton, silk, wool) 89" x 89" or 226 cm square
And the simplicity of it.
Overhead the Sun (verso) 
And the intimacy of touch.
This then is life, Here is what has come to the surface after so many throes and convulsions. How curious! How real! Underfoot the divine soil, overhead the sun. Walt Whitman
Underfoot the Earth Divine was part of the two person exhibition In the Middle of the World curated by Miranda Bouchard.
The debut was with this exhibition in Almonte Ontario, at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, 2021.
It then went over to Birmingham England and received an award of distinction for Fine Art Textiles in the Festival of Quilts in 2022.
In 2023, the exhibition In the Middle of the World travelled to Kenora, Ontario in the spring and showed at the Muse gallery (Lake of the Woods museum, Douglas Family Art Centre)
Underfoot the Earth Divine was juried into Quilts = Art = Quilts at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn New York USA and won the Schweinfurth award in 2023.
In 2024, this quilt travelled to Nova Scotia to take part in the two person exhibition with Penny Berens, In the Middle of the World, that was installed beautifully at Artsplace, Annapolis Royal in September.
Underfoot the Earth Divine / Overhead the Sun is available for purchase.
