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Gated Community VIII
40" x 40" L
Inspired by an ornate gate surrounding a church in the heart of
downtown Houston. Though the gates were locked, a huge flock of black
birds enjoyed taking over the church yard. While delicate songbirds
are becoming endangered, common city birds have increased by 25%.
Dyed, painted, silkscreened & embroidered on silks stitched with free-motion embroidery.
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City Birds II
38" x 39.5" L
Influenced by birds at dusk in Houston, at
Highway 59 & Westpark.
Every phone line was filled with birds, with hi-rises behind them.
Painted on silk & stitched with free-motion embroidery.
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City Birds VI
35" x 32" L
Downtown Houston is a mix of old and new buildings. The birds seem to prefer the older buildings.
Like ciity workers, they flock together. They roost on corners of buildings, in signs, on streetlights and wires.
Many of the building owners have attempted to put spikes or netting up to deter them,
but thus far they have outsmarted all attempts to keep them out.
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Hospital Rising
41" x 41"
As I travel throughout the world, I am amazed at the number of cranes I see, always reaching higher. This is at Memorial Hospital in Houston.
As I drove by, hundreds of birds flew in front of me. There were acres of trees there. Now the birds roost on wies and buildings.
Painted on silk & machine embroidered.
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Spicebush Swallowtails on the Rocks 49" x 32" |
Close-up to show detail. Painted & dyed on silk crepe, machine embroidered. |
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Native Lands 51" x 44" |
Painted on silk charmeuse, machine embroidered |
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Arizona Mountains 58" x 50" |
Detail of woodpecker, painted & embroidered |
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