~ Biography ~

I do not come from a family of quilters, or seamstresses for that matter.

I have drawn, painted, and potted through the years, received a B.A. degree in art history from Tulane University and worked at the local art museum. Fiber was not a part of my repertoire. That changed in 1980, after viewing a Smithsonian exhibit of contemporary quilts. I was enthralled and quickly taught myself how to quilt - when there were only a few books to be had in the library and even fewer classes in the area. I have studied since with such nationally known teachers as Jinny Beyer, Yvonne Porcella, Jan Myers-Newbury, Michael James, Wendy Huhn and Elizabeth Busch. Currently — I explore new dimensions and challenges of quilt and fiber construction in my own studio in Alabama.

My work has been in shows across the country in the last 26 years - some of these include; "American Craft Council/Southeast Regional Show Spotlight 1993; 1996; 2002 (at which I won the Charles Counts Award for Excellence in Fiber) and 2003; as well as numerous shows both solo and group in other galleries  

I was honored to be included in “A Textured Language: Honoring 20 years of FIBERARTS Magazine”, in Asheville, NC. My work appears in Lit By The Sun, a book about the artwork in the Hotel Pattee in Perry, Iowa, as well as Southern Quilts: A New View by Gail Trechsel and Bets Ramsey. I have been featured in magazines across the country.

Exhibits In my home state of Alabama include: “Celebrating Alabama Women Artists”, YWCA Gallery, Birmingham, AL and “A Mark in Time: Masterworks of Contemporary Alabama Craft”, which toured the state.

I was juried into the Southern Highland Craft Guild in Asheville, NC in 1988 and into the Piedmont Craftsmen, Inc. in 1994. I show extensively with both of these groups in North Carolina and throughout the Southeast My work is in Blue Spiral 1 Gallery in Asheville, NC as well as at the Folk Art Center there, at the Parkway Craft Center in Blowing Rock, NC, the Tucker Gallery in Evanston, Illinois and in the Maralyn Wilson Gallery.

My work is in the corporate and public collections of:    

Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC., Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta, GA.; Turner Family Foundation, Nashville, TN; Xerox Corporation, AmSouth Bank, Alabama Power, Birmingham Museum of Art, Royal Cup Coffee, Indian Springs School and St.Luke’s Episcopal Church, Birmingham, AL; Wesleyan Christian Academy, Atlanta, GA.; The Hotel Pattee, Perry, Iowa; and Robinson, Humphrey, Atlanta, GA.; as well as many private collections.