Artist Statement: This quilt captures the thrill of the end of a Thoroughbred race, where one horse slips over the finish line just a nose before the next, winning the race.  It is one of a series of equestrian-themed quilts.

Materials & Techniques: Artist hand-dyed silks, confetti pieced with tulle covering.  Machine thread-painted with cotton, rayon, and silk threads.

Dimensions: 19.5” W x 14.75”H

Artist Bio: Bachelor of Science degree focused on Literature, Spanish, and Computer Science.  I've always been drawn to be creative. It was after tragedy that my creative efforts turned to quilting, however. I lost my first child and found my well of creativity had run dry in my grieving. Shortly after this, I found comfort and a separate safe outlet for my creativity through quilting. In recent years, I have returned to drawing and painting, particularly as a means to enhance my quilts. I am now increasingly using much of my own hand-dyed, painted, stenciled, silk-screened, and printed fabrics and also enjoy incorporating digital images, particularly my own photographs, printed on fabric in my pieces.