About the Artist
Since I was a young girl, I have been sewing and creating. Over the years, I have made just about everything that can be made from fabric from slipcovers and shoes to dolls and wall art. After stumbling upon a book by Miriam Gourley, I was intrigued by the tiny, individual fingers that I saw and was determined to try. One doll was not enough. Soon I was drawing my own pattens and designing my own dolls. Dolls became my passion. My professional training as an occupational therapist has given me background information on human anatomy and how the body moves which has directly influenced my art.
I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with my husband in our almost empty nest. We have three children, two of whom have embarked on their careers and the third who is still in college. That leaves Venus the cat to cause trouble at home.
Artist Statement
Generations of women in my family have nurtured the skill of sewing and
passed it on to those following them. This thread of needlework is
both my window to the past and my door to the future. My earliest
sewing memories are playing with scraps of my mother's fabrics and
fashioning clothing for my dolls. Now, years later, I am still
fascinated by fabric and dolls. I use the doll figure with its ancient
roots as the basic form in my work. Different body shapes and postures
are the body language that creates the mood or story. The face and
hands tell who she is and what she can accomplish. Textural bits and
pieces of fabrics, fibers, and beads are layered and shaped on the form
to complete the story.