Ali George Artist

The paler side of intense orange and blue transitions in my hand dyes led my to the almost washed out pinkiness of muted oranges. Definitely not my idea of making a statement, yet they carry quite the story for one of my exhibition quilts - tales of trees and log cabins. Enjoying the process, the experiments and the constant learning in this exhibition adventure.  

There's so much pre-work and thinking I need to do before a single  piece of fabric gets cut. Weeks, and sometimes months. Moments here and there. Snatched time in between the myriad of other things that require love and attention.  These are initial experiments with a large scale tree - achieving different values in tone as well as challenging the notion of colour. There is still the thing about light, and the way the Moreton Bay Ash casts off the old skin for new bark each year. It's getting close to autumn and the evening light is softening - clear, fresh yet gentle after the ferocity of summer and scorched plants. The result of this testing and resolving a whole lots of textile and artistic tensions will be at A Sense of Place exhibition in late 2024 at the Warwick Regional Art Gallery.