Featured Artist: Linda Laird

During the six weeks of 'Black White Red' we'll focus on individual artists here on our blog. Every week, several artists will be featured. Today, we're pleased to introduce to you: Linda Laird

And While We Sleep
Commercial cottons,
linen, and synthetics;
machine applique and
embroidery
35" x 29"

Piece Statement:
This quotation is from the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus.  Robert Kennedy recited it from memory while speaking to a group of African-Americans on the night in 1968 that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed.  Kennedy himself would be killed about 2 months later.  This quotation becomes more meaningful with every passing day.

And While We Sleep
Commercial cottons,
linen, and synthetics;
machine applique and
embroidery
35" x 29"

Artist Statement:

I make art to express emotions, and to tell stories.  I use fibers and fabrics because of their wonderful flexibility and infinite variety of color, pattern, and texture.  If I could figure how to put scent, flavor, and sound into my work, I’d have all the senses covered.  I’m working on it.

Featured Artist: Linda Laird

 During the seven weeks of '"Size Matters" we'll focus on individual artists here on our blog. Every week, several artists will be featured. Today, we're pleased to introduce to you:  Linda Laird 

Milemarker 386.4

  Last December, I had a close encounter with reality.  My husband and I were moving my 19 year-old son to Colorado to live with his Dad and go to college. We were pushing to get to our first night’s stop when I saw the headlights behind me turn sideways to the road, and then disappear in a cloud of dust.  Jim had fallen asleep at the wheel, awakened, over-corrected, and rolled his Dad’s SUV several times. Thanks to his seatbelt and his guardian angel, Jim walked away from the wreck with cuts and bruises. God bless the Good Samaritan family, the EMTs and the ER staff who helped us.

Milemarker 386.4, detail