Bidwell

Bidwell
measurements:  66.5 inches high x 53 inches wide  (169 x 135 cm)
An original design inspired by the rural emptiness of the fields and sky of the artist's childhood and current daily surroundings.   The drawing (above) done with French knots refers to the blackbirds that circle over the quiet roads.  Bidwell Road connects Eastern Manitoulin to the centre of the Island.

Materials:  Cotton with bamboo batt
Techniques include pieced half square triangles, reverse applique, tucks, and hand embroidery.
Quilted by hand.

Exhibition Record:

October2017: The Cloud in Me exhibition, David Kaye Gallery,  Toronto
July 2018:  In the Spirit of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven,
                   Perivale Gallery, Manitoulin island.
October and November 2018:  Be Emptier, solo exhibition
                   World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario
April 2019:  Beauty, Emotion, Spirit, Soul, solo exhibition at One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario

in private collection 

my open heart

My Open Heart  2017
58 inches wide by 48.5 inches high or 147 cm x 123 cm
wool with plant dyed silk, silk and wool threads, hand stitched

The circle in a square represents the inner self.  (Carl Jung)

Be sparser

Be emptier

I use a lengthy amount of time and touch

they are gifts for my viewer

Exhibitions:

2017:  The Cloud in Me,  David Kaye Gallery Toronto Ontario solo exhibition
2018:  Be Emptier, World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario, solo exhibition
2019:  Beauty, Emotion, Spirit, Soul, One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario, solo exhibition
2019:  sold into private collection through Guildworks in Bloomfield Ontario

The Cloud In Me

The Cloud In Me
2017  organic cotton and woman's handkerchief, silk and silk-velvet reverse applique, couching and stem stitch embroidery with silk thread, hand quilted with cotton thread, bamboo batt, linen backing
60" high and 69" wide

Exhibition record:

2017:  solo exhibition the Cloud In Me at the David Kaye gallery in Toronto
2018:  solo exhibition be emptier at the World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario
2019:  showed at Guildworks in Bloomfield Ontario
2020:  available through Perivale Gallery, Manitoulin Island Canada

2022:  entered private collection in the USA

Time, Dream, Memory series

Time, Dream, Memory: Time  Vintage materials , van dyke print, hand stitch, frame within a frame under glass  20 inches square  2014  Judith e Martin

Time, Dream, Memory: Dream    vintage materials, van dyke print on hand made paper, hand stitch, vintage frame within a metal frame under glass  20 inches square  2014    Judith e Martin

Time, Dream, Memory Memory     Vintage materials, van dyke print on hand made paper, hand stitch, vintage frame under glass within a metal frame, 2014  Judith e Martin

Time, Dream, Memory: Mother   vintage materials, van dyke print on hand made paper, hand stitch, vintage frame under glass within a metal frame (not shown)  2014  Judith e Martin

Exhibition history:

2014:  Perivale Gallery, Spring Bay Manitoulin Island
2014:   time, dream, memory: memory and time, dream, memory: mother showed at the Manitoulin Fine Arts Association Members exhibition in September 2014 at the Centennial Museum of Sheguiandah, Manitoulin Island
2014  the David Kaye Gallery ,Toronto, Ontario  time, dream, memory: time and time, dream memory : dream
September 2015: Craft Ontario's Craft on Tap fundraiser,  time, dream memory: mother was part of the silent auction in the distillery district of Toronto.
2016:  David Kaye Gallery, Gallery Artists exhibition included the Time and Dream pieces,
2018:  le Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury fundraiser exhibition: time, dream, memory: time
2019:  Guildworks, Bloomfield Ontario, time, dream, memory: dream 

YIN YIN

 Yin Yin side a   2013
27 inches high, 36 inches wide
materials:  plant dyed linen, procion dyed velvet, cotton thread, wool batt, backed with wool gauze
techniques:  reverse of reverse applique, hand quilting

Yin Yin side b   2013
27 inches high, 36 inches wide
materials:   natural wool gauze, procion dyed silk velvet, cotton button thread, wool batt, backed with plant dyed linen
techniques:  reverse applique, hand quilting

The title reminds us that this piece does not have an outer  side, rather it has two inner sides.  No yang, just two yin.

Exhibition record:

2014: Lucky Protection  solo exhibition Northern Artist Gallery, Sudbury Ontario

2014: Visions: The Sky's The Limit  juried exhibition, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, California,  USA    jurors Sue Benner and Patty Hawkins
Award:  Friends of Fiber Art International as the quilt that most reflects the universality of artistic expression  Published:  Visions: The Sky's The Limit catalogue

2015: available at David Kaye Gallery  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2019: available at Guildworks Gallery, Bloomfield Ontario, Canada

2023: Inside Out  solo exhibition Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener Ontario

2023: Stardust solo exhibition Gore Bay Museum, Gore Bay Ontario, Canada

2024: Softer and Dreamier solo exhibition Festival of Quilts Birmingham, UK 

2025:  entered private collection, Colorado USA

Paradise is what lies beyond the horizon

 paradise is what lies beyond the horizon (one)  2012

 paradise is what lies beyond the horizon (two)  2012

 domestic linen, acrylic paint, thread, paper

domestic linen, found fabric, thread, paper

each measures 19" x 19" and are framed in shadowboxes under glass

exhibition record

2012:  summer season at the Perivale Gallery, Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island Ontario
2013:  winter season at the Art Gallery of Sudbury art rental, Sudbury Ontario
2014:  February.  Both pieces were part of the Lucky Protection exhibition at the Northern Artist Gallery, Sudbury, Ontario.
2014:  spring.  Paradise Meditation I was part of the juried exhibition, Convergence, in the Tom Thomson gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario.
2015   in David Kaye gallery, Toronto
2018:  in One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario
2019:  both pieces included in Beauty Emotion Spirit Soul at One Sky Gallery
2019:  Paradise Meditation II donated to Thunder Bay Art Gallery Auction
2019:  Paradise Meditation I  sold through Guildworks, Bloomfield Ontario