I think of my hooked wall hangings as paintings because I started out as a painter many years ago. Rug hooking adds a tactile quality to the two-dimensional surface that cannot be achieved with paint.

The images I work with (people and architectural elements) take me in two different directions, though sometimes I combine both. I am always concerned with the relationships between each of these elements, separately and together.The reason these images are hooked rather than painted is because of the special quality you achieve when using a wide range of fabrics - tweeds, heathers, checks, solids.Occasionally I will adventure further by using other materials such as fabrics other than wool, yarns, handspuns, and metallics.

The surfaces achieved in rughooking are unique to fiber techniques.Something special happens when a plaid or herringbone is cut into strips and hooked into loops that create surfaces and shadows. I like working in a close color or tonal range so that I have to find diversity within the textural surfaces.My images captured in wool are enhanced by the endlessly varied colors and textures achieved by hooking. I have written a book titled People and Places (the cover is shown below) that chronicles my experiences with and approaches to rug hooking. Contact me if you would like to order a copy; the price is $25.00 plus shipping and handling.

Recent Exhibtions

2008: Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY

2007: Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS

2006: ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
Cahoon Museum, Conduit MA
Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD

2005: Gallery 510, Decatur, IL
Sprite of Hand, Lakeside, MI

2004: Howard Country Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD
Textile Center of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY

2003: Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD
Fine Line Creative Art Center, St.Charles, IL
Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD

2002: Rockville Art Place, Rockville, MD
Frog Hollow Gallery, Burlington, VT
Rehoboth Art Center, Rehoboth, DE
Rug Hooking Exhibit, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT

2001: United States Embassy, Ankara, Turkey
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Beech Tree Gallery, Northport, MI
Gallery Z, Ellicott City, MD
Featured Artist, Sauder Village, OH

2000: Beech Tree, Northport, MI
Celebrate Life, Metlife Building, NY and Tokyo, Japan
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

Work Included In

Fiberart Design, Books I-VII
Hooked Rug Treasury and Hooker’s Art by Jessie Turbayne
The Rug Hook Book by Thom Boswell
Hooking Rugs by Gloria Crouse
I have also authored articles in Fiberarts, American Artist and Rug Hooking Magazine

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