2018 | Mixed Media Installation at The Georgia Museum of Art
Just before Christmas, 1949, my great aunt Kathleen shot her then ex-husband John Drewry and his girlfriend, Miriam Thurmond. My research into their story, which began with hundreds of newspaper articles, led to a box filled with their correspondence from the early 1930s , 17 years before the attempted murders and describing their deteriorating relationship and emotional lives. The story of Kathleen and John prompts thoughts about the fragile construction of family lore and history, and the tension between memory and truth. He Called Me Crazy is a manifestation of my process of research as art and art as research.
2018
2018
Linen Appliqué, Free-Motion Embroidery, Hand Embroidery, Quilting 29.5" x 23" | 2017 | The story of my great aunt and uncle, Kathleen and John Drewry (she shot him and his mistress in 1949), prompts thoughts about the fragile construction of family lore and history, and the tension between memory and truth. This piece features my interpretation of two photos and their captions that appeared in the newspaper during her attempted murder trial in Athens, GA.
2017 | 22” x 26” | Correspondence and newspaper headlines digitally printed on silk, pieced together and backed by vintage sewing patterns printed on tissue paper
2017 | Correspondence and newspaper headline digitally printed on silk, pieced together and backed by vintage sewing patterns printed on tissue paper
2020 | 16" x 10" | Embroidery and applique on linen
2020 | Water Never Goes Out of Style is made from 100 pairs of damaged Levi’s. Evoking images of the dye-laden water that pours into rivers in the developing countries where the majority of jeans are made, 2000 denim water drops (representing the 2000 gallons of water used to make a single pair of jeans), pour out of a denim sewer pipe.
2020 | Side View
2017
Bleached Levi’s waistbands, epoxy resin
White denim, epoxy resin, linen paper, cotton
12” x 12” w x 6” h
2016
2017
Levi’s waistbands
Linen applique and free motion embroidery
Linen applique and free motion embroidery
Linen applique and free motion embroidery
2019 | Linen applique and free motion embroidery
Linen applique and free motion embroidery
Linen applique and free motion embroidery
Linen applique and free motion embroidery
2014 | Cross stitch embroidery thread on aida cloth | 7.5 “ x 5” x 1”
Cross Stitch with embroidery thread on Aida cloth, wood panels | 24” x 38” x 1.5”
2015 | Knitted Wool, Alpaca, Baby Sound Machine with Mother’s heartbeat
2016 | Recycled cashmere knit, recycled livestock ear tags, gold thread
23”w x 54”h
2013 | Mixed Media Installation | 8’ x 8’ x 8 ‘
2015 | Wool, cotton cord, synthetic yarn and fabric, cotton piping
2015 | Linen, Silk Organza, Cotton, Lutradur
21" x 48"
Fosshape, thread, wire, elastic
6’ x 9’
2016
2014 | 22.5” x 15.5” x 1.5” | Wet and Needle Felted Wool on Fulled Wool with Embroidery of aerial photographs from Google Earth satellite images of a feedlot and its waste lagoon in northwest Texas