My quilt called Autumn Song which recently sold at the Houston International Quilt Show was featured in the SAQA publication called Art Quilt Quarterly, issue 33.
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| Art Quilt Quarterly issue 33 |
There are 40 quilts in the RED exhibition so it was an honour to be featured.
Here is a better photo of my quilt.
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| Autumn Song by Linda Steele |
I have recently found out that the RED exhibition is coming to Australia next year and so I will be able to see my quilt at the Australasian Quilt Convention (AQC) again before it goes to its new owner.
Speaking of exhibitions, I went to see the Archibald Prize exhibition at the Mornington Gallery recently. It is Australia's premier portrait prize and the amazing thing is that a textile piece won first prize! What a massive step for textiles. Julia Gutman won with her work called Head in the sky, feet on the ground. There was no controversy about her winning either. There was trouble a few years ago when a charcoal drawing won and people complained that charcoal wasn't painting. Times have changed!
It was quite wide and there were a lot of people looking at it so I had to take the photo on a angle.
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| Head in the sky, feet on the ground by Julia Gutman |
Here are a couple of detail photos.
Bye for now,
Linda
2 comments:
Wow on both fronts! Congratulations on the feature in the magazine. It's a complete surprise that a textile won in a portrait competition; a huge step indeed!
Isn't it amazing to have a textile win such a major award, Magpie Mumblings. Although it's not a quilt, it's very close.
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