What kind of stories do you see in these bits and pieces of cloth? Where I live and work, near Pipe Creek - near Bandera - near San Antonio, I swim amid icons, tall tales, nature and broad strokes of light standing on  the edge of a long ridge between two valleys. These visions, with the colors and textures of the Borderlands, inspire my work, whether narrative or abstract while world travels and travails, text fragments and flying mermaids pop up on my design table and find their way onto fabric. Creative work is our human destiny and human right, and I keep that in mind as I work with my heart and hands, trusting the process and the mystery of it all.

Working with recycled fabrics and ethnic textiles, and with commercially printed fabrics that I design on my iPad, I add in layers of dye, paint, stencils and stamp my way from color to texture to pattern. I fuse my large textile art quilts, just as you might a collage of painted papers, then finish it with stitch, adding elements of line and texture to the color and shape.