Odds and Ends
"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. "
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Items shown with * are no longer extant.
All items are for sale except where NFS (not for sale) is shown
All items are for sale except where NFS (not for sale) is shown
Creations involving art history courses at the University of Montana - Missoula.
Thanks to professors Dr. Valerie Hedquist and Dr. H. Rafael Chacón.
Thanks to professors Dr. Valerie Hedquist and Dr. H. Rafael Chacón.
* Mosaic Self-image - 2014
paper on cardboard (World Art History I) |
* Great Gate of Kiev - 2014
marker, on plastic kite (World Art History II) |
* Third of May, 1804 (Francisco Goya) - 2016
Tableau Vivant -(I'm the "priest" kneeling at the left).
(Spanish Art History)
Tableau Vivant -(I'm the "priest" kneeling at the left).
(Spanish Art History)
* Camera Lucida drawing - 2016
Graphite, on paper
(History of Photography)
Graphite, on paper
(History of Photography)
* Pax et Bonum (Peace and Goodness)
My contribution on a community installation piece in the University Center
@ The University of Montana - 2016
My contribution on a community installation piece in the University Center
@ The University of Montana - 2016
* Gelede Festival inspired mask - 2017
Mixed-media (African Art History) |
* Hoc Est Wadard (Here is Wadard)
Tituli #41, Bayeaux Tapestry - 2017 Embroidery on linen (History of Women in Art) |
Some of the many counted cross-stitch projects I've done...
(Only the finished project is mine, the designers are shown if known)
(Only the finished project is mine, the designers are shown if known)
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Stained Glass
12 count -1983, 8x8 (Designer/publisher unknown) $25 |
Monopoly
18 count - 1984, 18x18 (with Joan Condell) © C&L Crafts & Company (1984) NFS |
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Perpetual Calendar
(this has been done twice) 12 count - 1984, 24x24 Designed by Patti L. Sykes © Leisure Arts (1981) NFS |
Moonlight sonata
12 count - 1987, 9x11 Designed by Judy Nason © Graphique Needle Arts $125 |
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Calico Cat Sampler
14 count - 1988 © Dale Burdett Publications (1983) $250 |
Peek-a-boo
14 count - 1989, 8x10 Designed by Judy Nason © Graphique Needle Arts NFS |
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Love Stamp
18 count - 1990, 5x6 (with Joan Condell) Designer: Margot Cook © Heritage Series (1988) Gift to Jean Alkula |
Quilts and Chickens
12 count - 1990, 9x12 Adapted from an original oil painting by Beth Cummings © Country Cross-Stitch, Inc. (1984) Gift to Jean Alkula |
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Blessed are Quilters for they shall be Piecemakers
14 count - 1995 - on a tea towel Designer unknown Gift to Joyce Plants |
Wedding Day Rose
16 count - 1998, 6x8 Designed by Barbara Baatz & Jorja Hernandez © Kooler Design Studio, Inc. (1995) NFS |
Welcome to the Alkulas'
18 count - 1998, 9x14 Designed by Dela Grange © Dimensions, Inc. (1995) NFS |
You are invited...
(this has been done three times) 14 count - 2010, 8x10 © A & L Designs (1984) NFS |
Thanks to Christa von Matt for her assistance in finding the information for several of the designers.