KAQ Member Gallery - Linda Filby-Fisher

Linda Filby-Fisher

In 1970, armed with advice from her grandmothers, Linda launched a quilting project at a community mental health center and began her first quilt. In 1987 she became a professional quiltmaker, and in 1989 a quilt artist. For many years she had a dual career as a psychotherapist and an artist. So often, the issues discussed in therapy were also represented in visual form in the quilts. In 1999 she closed her psychotherapy practice and moved fulltime into the studio. She now divides her time between commissions for residential and corporate clients, noncommissioned exhibit pieces, and quilt restoration. Linda's work has been exhibited in juried shows and galleries, and published. It has been the featured work in public space exhibits and can be found nationally in private collections.

Earth Song 3
Medicine Wheel Series
18" h x 25.5" w
2007
$600

Artist Statement: The four elements gave voice to earth.
Earth called out the names of the plants and animals.
Our song lines began.
Beneath the sweat and noise of today
Know this beginning rhythm
And let our heavy feet be made light.

Materials and techniques: Cloth, threads, inks, paint, beads, jute, and fetish.
Hand painted, beaded, and pieced.
Machine pieced, appliquéd, reverse appliquéd, printed, embroidered, and quilted.

Dignity 3
Quilt on a Frame series
20”L 10”W
2007
$646

Artist Statement: A-ki-xo-be
Dignity in the rocks, the trees,
And the woman’s knees.
Majestad
Dignita.

Materials and techniques: Cloth, thread, paper, photograph, paint, ink, copper, tacks, and twig.
Quilt and Stretched Canvas Collage.
Hand printed, painted, and sewn.
Machine printed, appliquéd, pieced, and quilted.

We Rise 3
Quilt on a Frame series
16” L X 12"W
2004
$646

Artist Statement: The earth is heavy
With our story ka-no-ge:-s-di
Through the pain and glory
We rise ¡superamos!

Materials and techniques: Cloth, thread, paper, photographs, paint, ink, copper, tacks, nails, milagro, and feather.
Quilt and Stretched Canvas Collage.
Hand painted, pounded, and sewn.
Machine printed, appliquéd, pieced, and quilted.

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