"Run for the Wall" was accepted at the Houston Quilt Festival!

I'm proud to have my fiber art piece, "Run for the Wall" on display at the Houston Quilt Festival this year. It is a tough show to get into and I'm honored to have had this piece accepted.

I made this as a tribute to our Veterans. It depicts three Vietnam Vets at "The Wall" memorial in Washington D.C. It is based on a photo someone took of this scene at the Wall. My friend, Mike Guerin, is the Vet standing in the middle. They are doing a rubbing of a friend's name on a dollar bill. There is a story there that I will not go in to here. Rest in Peace.

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Run for the Wall is finished!

Well it took a while, but I have finished this tribute piece to Vietnam veterans. I call it “Run for the Wall“.

It depicts three Vietnam veterans at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington DC. They are doing a rubbing of a name on a dollar bill. They were there as part of a motorcycle ride to the Wall by a large number of Vietnam veterans.

The photographic source for this art quilt is one of the Vietnam veterans depicted. He is a friend of mine and his name is Mike Guerin. He is the vet in the middle. 

It took a while for me to finish this piece, but I wanted to get it right. I am proud of the way it turned out. I hope to get it in some shows this next year and remind viewers that freedom isn’t free. 

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My Latest Fiber Art Piece

I have been working on a new fiber art piece over the last few months. It is based on this photo of  a friend at the Vietnam Memorial. He is at The Wall with friends touching the name of one of his buddies who died in the war.

I have been taking my time with it, because I want to put a lot of detail into it, and do it justice.  

This is my rendition of the Vietnam veteran on the left side of my source photo:

I did a lot of painting and collage to try to get a realistic impression. I’ll post more of this piece over the next few weeks. 

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