Wednesday, November 15, 2023

 'The Missing Alphabet' with Susie Monday

I was invited to show some of my pieces with Susie Monday for an exhibition of her ‘Missing Alphabet’. Susie and the work of ten artists joined together to showcase her Missing Alphabet components at the Cultural Activities Center in Temple, Texas. The alphabet includes:  Shape, color, line, movement, rhythm, space, sound, light and texture.

The artists include: Susie Monday, Deb Cashatt, Sue Sherman, Laurie Brainerd, Kit Vincent, Carolyn Skei, Sherri Lipman McCauley, Heather Pregger, Marianne Williamson, Diane Nunez  and Susan R. Michael.

The gallery is long and narrow, allowing the streamers of color designed by Susie to find flight as they hang suspended from the ceiling. They look great hanging down, as well as tacked up (for safety reasons).

Susie Monday

Susie Monday

Susie Monday, Deb Cashatt

Sherri Lipman McCauley, Susie Monday, Susie Monday

Marianne Williamson, Susie Monday

Susie Monday

Susie Monday

Susie Monday

Carolyn Skei, Heather Pregger

Diane Nunez, Susan R. Michaels

Sue Sherman, Susie Monday

Sherri Lipman McCauley


Work by Susie Monday, Sherri Lipman McCauley and Marianne Williamson (3 pieces).

                                            
Kit Vincent

Sue Sherman

Susie Monday and Sherri Lipman McCauley



Small pieces for sale

Small pieces for sale

This is a show not to be missed! If you can travel to Temple, Texas, be sure to mark this as a must see!! It can be viewed from November 11 to December 13, 2023 at the
Cultural Activities Center, 3022 N. 3rd, Temple, Texas 76501.



Saturday, February 11, 2023

My Episode #3204 on The Quilt Show

 

I am excited to say the airing of my show #3204 on The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson will be live on Sunday, February 12, 2023. To view it online for free, sign up for a free 7-day trial at: https://thequiltshow.com/membership/trial/sign-up

To check out the trailer for my episode, go to this link:https://thequiltshow.com/blog/trailers/trailer-3204-extending-designs-and-large-scale-gestural-painting-with-sherri-lipman-mccauley-nancy-and-kareys-special-quilts

It was so much fun working on the set with Alex and her wonderful crew. Here are a few photos from the filming-


Camera setting up on set
 
Crew getting organized

Justin about to introduce show

Alex and Sherri at the show beginning

Sherri prepping for filming-note The Quilt Show logo in the background

Sherri sharing technique with Alex



Showcasing the work of Alex

And…………it is a wrap!

Thursday, March 31, 2022

A Bit of PR (aka bragging!)

So....it looks like the article that was posted on March 28, 2022 in my local newspaper, The Austin American-Statesman, is no longer available online. Just know that it was the kind of acknowledgement that my mom would display on her refrigerator in my younger days.

It detailed information regarding my work in SAQA Gulf State regional exhibition,  The Artist's Question....Answered in Fiber'.

And, please note the call out to the Art Cloth Network exhibit at the Austin airport!


'Yellow is Joy', 2021, 41"x30"

Detail of 'Yellow is Joy'

Working outside my traditional palette of black on white, I wanted to strive for something upbeat and colorful. Pulled together solid Kona cotton fabrics and paired with a silkscreen of abstract marks and shapes. Marks were made with glue as a resist on a silk screen, then print pulled with thickened dyes- MX Procion dyes mixed with sodium alginate (as a thickening agent).

I worked improvationally, piecing as I went. There was a fair amount of movement between me and my design wall – sampling colors and shapes as I stitched.

 This piece combines many techniques from my tool box- improv piecing, silk screen printing, stitching curves, machine stitching and quilting. I like to quilt using a walking foot to stitch gentle curves.

 While trying to be upbeat and optimistic, I chose yellow to designate this feeling. I did a bit of research on colors, and felt that yellow held the closest feeling for me at the time I created this piece of art. 

Monday, August 30, 2021

EIGHT: In Depth, An Invitation Exhibition

 







Thrilled to say that I have been invited to show my work with a group of local women artists, “EIGHT: In Depth”, at the Round Rock campus of Texas State University (Avery Building Gallery), 1555 University Blvd., Round Rock, Texas. The exhibition will be on display until October 29. Covid permitting, there will be a reception the evening of Friday, September 10. Please come by if you are in the neighborhood!

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Transformations Exhibit

I am honored to be part of a joint exhibition with Susie Monday-Transformations - at the Cultural Activities Center in Temple, Texas (https://www.cacarts.org/ ). The exhibition can be viewed July to August 24, 2020. Here is a video link of the exhibition: https://vimeo.com/442533159

To see additional photos, scroll to the bottom of this posting. 
Also included are a few group quilts from the Austin Art Group.

Transformations

That is what we do as artists: transform. We start with simple materials -- as fiber artists that means cloth, thread, batting, paint, dye and more -- and we transform the materials into artful stories, images and messages. Art then transforms us, with emotional responses, questions, new ways to see the world.
This exhibit of abstract art quilts is about the transformation that takes place when artists look beneath and beyond the images of realism and narrative content to see and expose the bones of what makes a painting or other piece of art “work.” This is art that is about the FORM in transform. These abstract works are about line, shape, composition, movement and pattern, energy and emotion. Perhaps they require a little more from the viewer -- we are not relying upon subject matter to tell a visual story — but nevertheless we are transforming the visions in our minds’ eyes into art work that has impact, inspires emotion or curiosity. We hope our work helps our viewers look beyond an object into that which is non-verbal, a relationship more akin to listening to music than looking at a photograph.

Sherri Lipman McCauley
Sherri Lipman McCauley, a fiber artist who lives and works in Lakeway, Texas, brings her life experiences together in the creation of her artwork. McCauley is educated as a teacher, trained as a programmer, and has emerged as an artist, creating serendipitous fiber designs. Her design work often starts with black and white marks, with the addition of colors and shapes to reflect emotions and events in her life. The color and shapes represent the artist’s interaction with the world in which we live. With many experiences yet to encounter, many dyes and paints to explore, and many yards of fabric to tangle with, McCauley hopes her abstract art provokes the viewer and allows them to connect with the abstractions, finding delight in the view. http://sherrilipmanmccauley.blogspot.com

Susie Monday
The work and life of Susie Monday is informed and inspired by the Texas Borderlands where she works and teaches in person and online from her studio near Pipe Creek, Texas. Although much of her previous work was narrative and folk art inspired, a couple of years ago she began exploring abstract compositions, influence by her early art training in the late 1960s, in the shadow of abstract expressionism. A studio art graduate from Trinity University, Susie has written many articles, co-authored a book on creativity for parents, and teaches and lectures in person and online about digital design, creative process and surface design. www.susiemonday.com

Austin Art Group
This group of textile artists and art quilters worked collaboratively together for more than eight years, creating a body of work around common themes. Artists include: Anne Holliday Abbott, Frances Holliday Alford, Betty Hildebrand Colburn, Jean Dahlgren, Barb Forrister, Pearl Gonzalez, Connie Hudson, Leslie Tucker Jenison, Raewyn Khosla, Sherri Lipman McCauley, Diane Sandlin, Susan Lewis Storey, Niki Valentine Vick, and Kathy York. This collaboration took place during the time all the artists lived in Austin, Texas.





 

 













Thursday, February 27, 2020

QuiltCon 2020

QuiltCon was held in Austin, Texas this February. It was a wonderful collection of modern quilts, colorful, masterful and beautifully displayed. I volunteered at the SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) booth for a couple of days, enjoyed the show quilts and maybe spent a bit too much on some fabrics and supplies (that I probably did not need).
My daughter happened to be in town, so it was very fun showing her my world. We enjoyed browsing the quilts, shopping and running into a handful of quilting friends.
I  did not have any quilts hanging on the show floor this year, but I currently have two small quilts displayed at Austin Bergstrom International Airport until early April. If you happen to be passing through, look for the exhibit from the Austin Modern Quilt Guild, hanging across from gate 17, facing the restrooms.
And here are my quilts-
Forward, 24"x24"

Complement, 25"x24"



Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Quilting Arts TV



In April 2019, I had the opportunity to film a few segments for Quilting Arts TV. This opportunity was pure delight for me! I am a big fan of the show, and to have the opportunity to work with the folks in the quilting community was wonderful.

Working with Susan Brubaker Knapp and Vivika Hansen DeNegre was like spending time with rock stars. Their attention to detail and insight to the particulars in filming were amazing. The support staff team they have assembled is stellar. Thanks to Kathy, Katherine, Kristin, Jeannine as well as everyone behind the cameras and sound room. Sorry I did not get a chance to learn everyone’s names, but please understand that they all work together like a well-oiled rotary cutter. They made me feel like a star, taking care to feed me, iron my clothes, help organize my supplies, and make suggestions on my content and presentations.

Susan Brubaker Knapp and Sherri Lipman McCauley


I am looking forward to the airing of my segments in the 2400 and 2500 series this summer. I will be included in episodes 2403, 2405, and 2411. Topics I presented included flinging paint, painting with gestural motions, making improvisational blocks from painted scraps and adding color with the use of die cut appliques.

QATV set

I like to work extemporaneously and in the abstract. I love to apply paint on fabric, incorporating the two mediums into cohesive designs. I work in an improvisational mode, allowing the paint and fabric to dictate the direction of my artwork. Often, my artwork is pulled together with machine stitching, applique, hand embroidery and machine quilting.

I came upon paint flinging quite by accident. I was working on a piece using thickened dye, applying color with a syringe. After applying the dye, I hung my piece from the pot rack hanging from the ceiling in my kitchen to dry. As it hung, the color started to drip and move down the fabric. I liked the effect, and began to experiment with other tools for the application of color. I found that syringes, squeeze bottles and droppers each create a distinct line form.

Chaos

I like immediate satisfaction, and might be a bit impatient regarding the time needed to batch and wash out dye, so I experimented with using paints. The results with the paints were outstanding, and so, my flinging shifted to using paint for my designs.

Teal Circle

After experimenting with gestural painting on fabric, I found that I really liked the serendipity of the paint landing on the fabric.  Each application is distinct, each gestural stroke creates something unique and abstract. I love the surprise and the mark of the paint on the fabric. After creating my painted pieces, I make a whole cloth quilt. I enhance the surface with colorful accents of paint and layer with a felt backing. Using a walking foot, I stitch the piece with gentle curves and add a few hand stitches for interest. The edges of the quilted piece are finished, a hanging sleeve is added and the piece is ready to be hung on the wall.

Branches Yellow

My improvisational piecing method began as an answer to the question-What do I make from these scraps of painted fabrics? Modifying my take on the traditional log cabin and courthouse steps, I constructed the blocks with non-traditional fabrics. The blocks were then pieced together with neutrals, creating a modern look with negative space. If you have a few scraps and pieces of fabric from previous paint or dye sessions, bring them out to your cutting mat and try a little improvisational piecing.

Black White Blue

Sometimes a whole cloth top of black and white needs a little color to bring out the design. This can be accomplished with quilted lines of a contrasting color or fusing on a raw edge applique. I especially like working with circles and spirals. I have been known to use a die cut machine to cut shapes out of fabric with fusible web on the back. This works well with cottons, silks and polyester sheer fabrics. Before you quilt your top, examine your design to determine where you want to add a pop of color. Audition a few shapes in different colors, select the appliques, fuse, layer and begin to machine quilt your masterpiece.

Lines #1, Lines #2, Lines #3

I thought preparing the necessary steps to demonstrate the process would be no big deal. BUT-after breaking down the steps, I realized how much work I needed to complete. Selecting quilts to showcase was a challenge as well. I wanted each segment to display the appropriate artwork in support of the process demonstrated on set.

Was it a lot of effort, anxiety, and fun? Oh yes! And, given the opportunity to do it again, I would commit to it in a New York minute!