Rainglade

This textile artwork was inspired by plant life (grasses, large velvety leaves) observed and photographed during my field work in the rain forest at Cape Perpetua, Oregon. I chose the fabrics for this piece for their differing textures, then dyed and printed them to obtain the colors. In the left panel silk noil background and large cotton velveteen leaf shapes convey the lushness and huge scale of the plants. In the right panel, dyed and printed cotton and rayon suggest the texture and profusion of the grasses on the forest floor. Thus, views upward and downward, with glints of sunshine in the darkened atmosphere, track my walk through the rain forest.