Productive Week-New Art Work

Title: Together 12″ x 15″

Fabric Collage

The individual sections of this piece have been lying on my workbench for weeks. I kept looking at them as I worked on other things. I saw potential from the beginning. Once I began to work on it about 1 hour later the composition came together. Five hours more and it was done. I don’t usually know how much time goes into a piece as I usually spend days; which includes time to make considerations. What a joy to see something come together in one day.

Another piece that I made this week is a mini version of a larger one. The larger one has lyrics to the famous song by John Lennon, Imagine. It is one of my all time favorite songs.  After I finished it I realized that because the lyrics are copyrighted they are not mine to use.  That piece of art will have to remain in my private collection.  This mini version will give you a taste of the larger one which is much more dynamic and rich.

Title: Imagine  7″ x 11″

Machine pieced and quilted, acrylic paint, hand stitching

The figures represent “all the people”.  There are 5 figures, two men, two women and one child.  The larger version has two sets of figures which are standing on hills which represent nations.

The message is:

Imagine all the people live in peace across the nations.

I plan to attempt another large version without the lyrics.  Copyright laws are infringed upon right and left in todays world.  Many of us do not realize what can and cannot be copied.  This mistake I made is a classic example.  I for one, think of the words to many Beatle songs as words that belong to everyone.  We have loved them for many, many years; they have become part of our culture.  But, they are not ours to COPY.