Secret Conversations in the Midnight Garden

Secret Conversations in the Midnight Garden

13" x 15.5"

This work began with white cotton.  The figures are an adaption of a photo I took, as are the little birds, using water soluble fabric.  The background is a combination of dye and prints of my drawings.

Originally I thought to keep the figures white but it seemed too stark a contrast and so I painted them.

Detail: here it is easier to see the free motion stitching that highlights the garden flowers as well as the figures.  It would be interesting to know what they are talking about.