RED & BLACK GEOMETRY

I add red to black and white as an infusion of balance. Too often, as polar opposites, black and white can represent judgment--right and wrong, good and bad. Red brings in warmth, aliveness, and other possibilities.

Red & Black Geometry VII
Private Collection (Gualala, CA)

9.5" W x 11.5" H
Silk, cotton, Japanese ikat; wood; beads; hand and machine stitching.

 

Red & Black Geometry VII (detail)

Red & Black Geometry V
Private Collection (The Sea Ranch, CA)

9" W x 11" H
Cottons; bead; machine-appliquéd, layered, stitched; mounted on double matting.

   
 
Red & Black Geometry VI
Private Collection (The Sea Ranch, CA)

9" W x 10.25" H
Batik cottons machine-pieced; beads and raffia; 3 layers machine-stitched.

Red & Black Geometry IV:
Tree Holes
Private Collection (The Sea Ranch, CA)

20" W x 36" H
Cottons; machine-pieced, layered, stitched; hand-stitched holes.

 

Red & Black Geometry IV:
Tree Holes (detail)

Red & Black Geometry III:
Nothing Is Just Black & White
Private Collection (Lodi, CA)

18" W x 36" H
Japanese and other cottons (including Indonesian batik); machine-pieced and -appliquéd, layered, stitched.

 

Red & Black Geometry III:
Nothing Is Just Black & White (detail)

Red & Black Geometry II:
Fun City
Available

27.5" W x 27.5" H
Japanese and other cottons, silk; machine-pieced and -appliquéd, layered and stitched.

 

Red & Black Geometry II:
Fun City (detail)

Red & Black Geometry I:
Zen Gardening
Available

33.5" H x 22" W
Cotton fabrics, metallic and cotton threads; machine-pieced and -appliquéd, layered, stitched.

 
  Red & Black Geometry I:
Zen Gardening (detail)