PROMISE OF HONOUR RECONCILED    1998
920mm x 650mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging
Photo: Roger Deckker

Private collection. Australia

Through dark days and spot-fires we can still draw toward the light.

BRINGING ON THE RAIN    1997
620mm x 1450mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging
Photo: Michael Coates

Private collection, Australia

A dramatic storm sweeping across arid land brings life-giving rain. Bare earth is replenished.

MUDGEE VALLEY VIEW   1996
1200mm x 4200mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging
Photo: Michael Coates

Corporate commission, Australia

A composite view of the Mudgee wine growing district. Commissioned as a promotion backdrop.
(On view at the High Valley Wine and Cheese Co. Mudgee, NSW, Australia)

SURE AS NIGHT FOLLOWS DAY 1995
1000mm x 1200mm
Acrylic pigment on wool, pieced woollen blankets (circa 1950), wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging
Photo: Michael Coates

National Wool Museum Collection, Australia

GHOST OF HARVESTS PAST    1997
1050mm x 2000mm
Acrylic pigment on worn woollen blanket, wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging
Photo: Artist

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Collection, Australia

This old grain silo looming high and large, dwarfs the eagle riding above its updraft. Superseded now but once indispensable to the farmers of the grain belt, this feat of bush building now stands idle and in gradual decay —  a ghost of harvests past.

FIRST SUN      1997
350mm x700mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched
Mounted and framed
Photo: Michael Coates

Private collection, Japan

Exhibited at International Exchange Exhibition: Japan/Australia, 1996 Nagoya, Japan.

OUT OF GONDWANA    1995
900mm x1450mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched
Mounted and framed
Photo: Michael Coates

Private collection, Japan

Made for the Quilter's Guild exhibition Australia Dreaming (Sydney, Australia and Nagoya, Japan) this work depicts a drawing back to beginnings in both a human and spiritual sense. Again exhibited at International Exchange Exhibition: Japan/Australia, 1996 Nagoya, Japan.

TURNING TIDE    1995
800mm x1500mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched
Mounted and framed
Photo: Michael Coates

Private collection, Japan

Exhibited at International Exchange Exhibition: Japan/Australia, 1996 Nagoya, Japan.

ALL AUSTRALIAN      1994
1100mm x1700mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging
Photo: Michael Coates

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Collection, Australia

Exhibited in solo exhibition Virtue or Obsession, Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide, SA 1994

ELECTRA PERSONA      1993
390mm x 650mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging
Photo: Michael Coates

Private collection, New Zealand.

Exhibited in solo exhibition Virtue or Obsession, Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide, SA 1994

ELECTRA 1 & 2     1993
140mm x 200mm each
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, overstitched by hand
Free hanging
Photo: Michael Coates

Private collection, Australia.

ANIMATE 1      1990
1100mm x 1600mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched.
Free hanging
Photo: Roger Deckker

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Collection, Australia

BENDY CREEK      1990
1100mm x 1400mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging
Photo: Ian Hobbs

Private collection, Australia

CARESSING THE LAND     1990
1100mm x 1600mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched.
Free hanging
Photo: Roger Deckker

Private collection, Australia

JUXTAPOSED     1990
1100mm x 1200mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched.
Free hanging
Photo: Roger Deckker

Ararat City Gallery Collection, Australia

AERODROME      1987
1600mm x 2400mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging
Photo: Roger Deckker

Powerhouse Museum Collection, Australia

ELLIPSE 2      1987
1200mm x 1800mm
Acrylic pigment on silk, wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging
Photo: Roger Deckker

Private collection, Australia

FANDANGO      1987
900mm x 1200mm
Acrylic pigment on cotton, wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging
Photo: Roger Deckker

Commission, Women '88 Awards, Australia

MARKS & MOVEMENT     1984
1500mm x 1200mm
Acrylic pigment on cotton, wool filled, hand stitched
Free hanging

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Collection, Australia