New York Beauty

This is a quilt about quilts, Joe's 21st-century abstract take on the traditional New York Beauty quilt pattern. The spikiness typical of the traditional motif is clearly apparent but the unusual colors and asymmetrical arrangement of the fabrics are very modern (and the chartreuse is definitely a fashion color from around the time he made the quilt). The tension of the asymmetry is just balanced by the black and white accents. Joe has pieced and quilted the chartreuse print so meticulously that from a distance, it doesn't appear to be pieced. The piecing in the pink area recalls the controlled chaos of a successful crazy quilt and the quilting gives it a genuine dimensional quality. Joe recounted that he feels that he really achieved his artistic aims in both this quilt and After the Glacier and thus counts them as especially successful.

Techniques: Machine pieced and quilted
Culture: American
Geographic Location: North and Central America, United States, California
Credit Line: Gift of the SJMQT Board Members in honor of Nancy Bavor