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Judy Villett, Artist, Vista #19: Weather
12" x 24", Textile, paint, artist canvas, CAN$450.00 - Available for Sale
The evening sky over the city of Vancouver often provides a glimpse of light after a day of rain. Or is the weather changing as a storm moves in off the ocean? The rigid wall of high rises is a strong contrast to the swirling colours above. Lit windows indicate humans sheltering like ants. Hand appliqué anchors the hard edges of the city. Machine quilting lines emphasis the geometric beauty of the manmade. Free-motion machine quilting adds movement to the sky. The quilted piece is pressed to a stabilizer, edges turned under and hand stitched to another fabric-covered layer of stabilizer. The multi-layer piece is then tacked invisibly and tied to the prepared artist's canvas