"Motherhood"

 52" x 52" (2002)

This idea was inspired by a request from a hospital administrator for a piece to hang in a meeting room where women's health issues are discussed and families meet to discuss how life will change with the birth of a child. I dropped the contrast levels down on this design to keep it soft, using commercial batiks to portray the swirl of emotion that accompanies the birth of a child. The popularity of this image led to three other similar works created over the next 5 years.
Free-motion machine quilted with a variety of variegated, cotton and rayon threads.


Sold at the Art and Soul Gallery, Pickering, ON.