FRACTURED LEAVES
When the colour was revealed I immediately thought of Autumn (there are a lot of tones in the picture) and although it was at the end of February which is one of our hottest times of the year, I knew that by the end of May we would be in Autumn. I have had other committments and had to put this on the back burner for a while but when the leaves started dropping from the trees I gathered some of them up, had fun drawing them and then constructing my background. I thought I would make it more interesting by cutting the leaves up and arranging them differently, but not so that no one could recognise them as leaves! I had fun, which is what it is all about.
The quilting lines give real movement to the leaves, Patricia!
ReplyDeletePatricia, it was worth putting on the back-burner. The colours, lines and shapes are beautiful. I could happily live with the piece - it's very peaceful. I'm so pleased you had fun with it.
ReplyDeleteHilary
Both dynamic and peaceful. I find the colour combinations very pleasing.
ReplyDeleteI too enjoy the colour combinations, very soothing, but then with the movement of the leaves on top giving a delightful contrast.
ReplyDeleteLove it Patricia! Love the quilting lines and fractured leaves that give so much movement.This is one of my favourites!
ReplyDeleteI agree the quilting lines just finish this piece off and I love the fractured leaves. Great piece.
ReplyDeleteI'm late coming to this set of challenges so have made sure that i look at a piece before reading the comments now I find that it's all been said. This is a great piece your use of the split leaf shapes and the quality of the quilting gives this piece a real dynamic appeal.
ReplyDeleteI like the abstract, and the split leaves with the bold quilting
ReplyDeleteYour fabrics are beautiful, they must be your own hand dyes.
ReplyDeletethe color is very much an autumn color and you have done justice to it
ReplyDeletegreat idea and well executed