Trees: Summer/Winter

Name/Title

Trees: Summer/Winter

Entry/Object ID

2001.03.01

Made/Created

Artist

Chris Wolf Edmonds

Date made

1999

Place

City

Lawrence

State/Province

Kansas

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

51 in

Width

41 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Artist Commentary

Label

Trees: Summer/Winter is part of a series of portraits Chris has completed chronicling sycamore and aspen trees. She comments: “The primary inspiration for my work is life in all its forms. As an artist and amateur naturalist, I collect the colors and patterns of the world around me and attempt to preserve them in my hand painted and printed fabrics. I spend part of every day outdoors observing the coming and going of life in nature. I strive to perceive the pattern in the life that surrounds me, as an artist, to record it. I gather these colors and patterns and experiences and I take them to my studio where I preserve them in paint and print and text. For it is the nature of artists to manipulate the art of nature."

General Notes

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Materials Used

Note

Cotton, water-based pigments

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Techniques Used

Note

Hand painted, printed, machine pieced, machine quilted