Growing up on a farm, I have a firm sense of the importance of place and being. I am constantly inspired by the landscapes of western Massachusetts where I live and the memories of the farm where I was raised. My quilts are abstract reflections of place using simple blocks and commercially available fabrics. The intensity of the labor required to make these quilts, the repetition of the blocks and the wide variety of fabrics required to achieve these colors incorporate the memories of traditional quilts and the importance of human effort.

For more than twenty eight years I have been supporting myself making quilts. My work is in numerous private and public collection including the American Museum of Art + Design, The People's Place Quilt Museum in Lancaster, PA and The Lodge at Turning Stone in Verona, NY. In 2008 I made a series of quilts for the new Federal District Courthouse in Springfield, MA through the GSA's Art in Architecture Program.

I love working with a client to create the right piece for their space.

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