Humans

Separation

By W.S. Merwin

Your absence has gone through me

Like a thread through a needle

Everything I do is stitched with its color.

After She Died- 12" x 16" stretched muslin
"The Birds Came" 12" x 16" stretched muslin
"Over Her Curly Maple Tree" 12" x 16" stretched muslin
"She Was Greeted by Sea Gulls" 12" x 16" stretched muslin
"They All Came to Let Her Go" 12" x 16" stretched muslin
"She is Part of the Universe Now" 12" x 16" stretched muslin

Portraits

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Inspired by Charcoal Sketches

24 x 29 stretched muslin embroidery
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"Harmony"- 17" x 14" framed
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"Eve Ponders"- 14 " framed embroidered, painted and beaded
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Resistance

Resistance- embroidered and quilted, mounted on 35" x 13" board

Hands and Feet

4" x 4"
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"Moths"- 9 1/2 " framed
"Mom" - 8 " hoop
"Tenderness"- 12" hoop
"Mom" - 11 1/2" framed
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"Lake Erie" - 11" x 10" stretched muslin
"Bliss"- 7 1/2" x 10" framed
"Salish Sea"- embroidered and beaded 9 1/2 framed
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