Creative Strength Training
2023 SELF PORTRAITS
Copyright 2023 Jane Dunnewold Studios
Copyright 2023 Jane Dunnewold Studios
We are very fond of our Creative Strength Training members’ shows. Offering inclusive exhibitions every year – two of them – has become an important part of how we share with each other. I am always proud of the entries and pleased that so many members make work to submit.
This year we departed from our usual “open” call for work and chose to focus on the self-portrait. Our monthly art spotlight is on collage for 2023, and the first month’s set of self-portrait collages were quirky, entertaining, sobering and even profound. We were excited.
Some of the self-portraits you see here are from that first March prompt, and others have been created specifically for the show. Take time to study them carefully, as there are many clues embedded in these pieces. It’s fun to observe and discover new aspects of people we have met, as well as to be inspired by the diversity of the creations. The materials range from embroidery and quilting to mixed media works on paper, photographs, and digital collage.
We hope you will be inspired and are thrilled to share this work with you.
Zoie E Holzknecht
Faith and Canary
2023
26” x 40”
Photography
NFS
zoieholzknecht@gmail.com
Vickie Mehta
Ascension
2023
17” x 13” x 18”
Naturally Dyed Wool, Batik Fabric, Styrofoam, Feathers & Found Objects
NFS
Many Facets of Me
2023
14” x 23”
Paint, Inktense Pencils, Evolon, Hand Embroidery, Image Transfer on Cotton and Organza
NFS
Susan Smith
Magic in the Garden 2023
18.5” x 20.5”
Collage, Cotton fabrics, Misty
Fuse, Caran d’Ache Neocolor II
Aquarelle pastels
NFS
quiltrgrandma@yahoo.com
Susan Serreze
Head in the Clouds
2023
16.5” x 15”
Hand painted cotton fabric, commercial cotton and polyester fabric, thread
NFS
serreze@comcast.net
Susan Lane
Happiness Is...
2022
20” x 16”
Woven cotton, Organza, yarn, tule, commercial cottons, soft drape, personal jewelry
NFS
susanlane502@gmail.com
http://Susanlanetextileart.com
Susan Goldie
Forest Bathing
2023
16” x 17”
Mixed media: hand dyed papers, composition metal leaf, and soft pastels on canvas
NFS
susan@susangoldie.com, susangoldie.com
Stephanie Ostmann
Self Portrait in the Wide, Wild World 2023
9” x 12”
Torn and cut magazine pages, digitally altered photo printed on transparency film
NFS
ostwomann@gmail.com
Sonja Lee-Austin
Who lives?
2023
8” x 10”
Assemblage, Extravorganza, ultrasound photo copy, paint, and wood panel.
NFS
FriendsFabricArt.com
sonja.leeaustin@gmail.com
The Shaping of Sheryl 2023
36” X 36”
Hand Dyed Fabric, Painted paper, ceramic, photos
NFS
Smiller2617@cox.net
Sharla Jean Hoskin
Life in Color 2023
9” x 12”
Digital Collage created with Woodcut and Procreate Apps
NFS
Parisian Memoirs
2023
17” x 20”
Paper plaster 3D self portrait, stenciled paper / painted linoleum prints on fabric /wrapped rock/ feather
Nature’s Child 2023
9” x 11”
Gelli printed papers, pictures from magazines, stamps and upholstery material. NFS
sallykay757@gmail.com
Pennie Fien
Embrace Yourself
2023
Fashion Magazine
Images, Silver Metallic
Acrylic Paint, Oil Pastels on Black Watercolor Paper
NFS
Pamela Joy Cole
Warning: Self Portrait
2023
8” x 10”
Mixed media: Gelli plate painted papers, acrylic paint, hand dyed fabric, stencil, silver lamination, acrylic pens, selfie photograph. On heavy weight paper with burnt edges.
NFS
Pam.Joy.Cole@gmail.com
pamcole.art
Norrie MacIlraith
Life Among the Pollinators
2023
10” x 10” x 4”
Designed to hang on angle but photo is taken on straight.
Paper Mache mask, Printer Fabric of my face (deconstructed), Acrylic & Metallic paint, ink pens, paper cuttings from plant catalogues, acrylic medium, stretched canvas.
n.macLTD@icloud.com
Nan Travers
Pushing Nature’s Boundaries
2023
11” x 8” x 5”
Handmade box, thermofax and ecoprinted fabrics and papers.
NFS
nantravers@me.com
Woodsidepondstudios.com
Nan Sorensen
Buckeye AZ 2023
31” x 17.5”
Art Quilt
NFS
nksorensen@mac.com
Ancestral Moon
2023
16” x 20”
Stretched canvas, paper, fabric, stencils, acrylic and water color paints
NFS
mgeph78025@aol.com
Crack
2023
17” x 17” x 1.5”
Oak, Bamboo, Cotton and Kreinik Threads
NFS
mrw.fibreartist@gmail.com
Transformation 1992
5/2022 - 6/2023
6.5” x 4.5”
Acrylic paint, ink and magazine clippings
NFS
Marian Rich
Self Portrait
2023
9” x 12”
Painted paper, collage, watercolor, pen
$500
marianrich@me.com
@marianrich on Instagram
Lynne Lee
Self Portrait…..C’est Moi 2023
76” x 66”
Fabrics and threads are cotton and silk, with embellishments
$9000
Lynnelee52@gmail.com
LynneLeeTextileArtist.com
Value Study with Flowers
2023
16” x 11.75”
Paper, acrylic paint, acrylic pens
NFS
Lucy Snyder
Lucy in the Sky with Seashells 2023
11” x 14”
Mixed Media Fabric Collage, Original Photo and Digital Design, Hand Painted, Embellished with Shells
NFS
DaveLucySnyder@Gmail.com
Dave.Lucy.Snyder@wwme.org
Contemplating
2023
14.25 “ x 10.75”
Watercolor paper: silk screened fabric color swatch, photocopies of garden pot
‘head’, patterned papers, perforated mylar ribbon, gilded tissue paper
NFS
Lisa Jenni
Awaiting Uncertain Times
2023
5.5” x 8.5”
Photo transfer of B&W vintage image, mono printed and mixed paper, paint, markers
NFS
lisa@lisajenni.com
Linda Dawson
I Never Count Sheep
June 2023
8.5 x 11
Created in Sketchbook Pro, printed on canvas paper, stitched with cotton embroidery thread. NFS
x 6.4” Digital Photos, Osprey Photo Credit: John Humbert
Katharine Dean (Kate)
Forest Bathing
2023
15” x 11”
Found & painted papers, photograph on watercolor paper
$280
kdeanarcoiris@gmail.com
kdeanarcoirisstudio.com
Karin Felbermayr
Self Portrait
2023
15.5” Diameter
Stitched and quilted fabric embroidered
karin.felbermayr1@gmail.com
2023
28” x 21.5”
Hand dyed and commercial cottons, fused, domestic machine stitched, surface embellishments
NFS
Convergence
2023
8.5” x 11”
Photograph, acrylic paint, collage papers
NFS
2023
14” x 26”
Collage of photos, magazine cutouts and real sewing objects
NFS
Jeanette Floyd
Leaves of Hair
2023
32” x 34”
Cloth, button, threadfaux leaves and gold iron-on transfer
Sold
Facebook/Instagram: jennasartstudio
Janet Darcher
Nature Child Reflects 2023
10.5” x 12.5”
Spoonflower printed fabric (photo by the artist)
Frame: rust and hand dyed fabrics. and hand dyed fabrics.
NFS
darchje@gmail.com
Jackie Manley
Life is Messy, but Look into the Windows of My Soul 2023
23” x 18”
Stamped fabric scraps, strips, strings, fused and stitched
NFS
Gini Ewers
My Personal Geology; Beneath the Surface
2023
24” x 18” x 1.5”
Mixed media textile
NFS
Esther Collins
Self Portrait
2023
(Digital artwork) Paper collage, digitally manipulated using Photoshop.
NFS
My Creative Soul
2023
9.5" x 11"
Materials included various papers
NFS
My Nature Child 2023
18” x 18”
Cotton Fabrics, fabric flowers and leaves, thread, acrylic butterflies and bee
NFS
rosselainej@gmail.com
ego, Oregon
Inner Child
2023
24” x 18”
Acrylic paint, distress inks on stamps & gel printing
NFS
Big Decisions 2023
10” x 18”
Cotton fabric, mono-printed non-woven fabrics, organza, inkjet photo prints, paint.
NFS email address: bf_w@hotmail.com
I Don’t See Any Wrinkles, Do You? 2023
21” x 20”
8 unrelated fabric scraps from a guild challenge fused raw-edge applique technique
NFS
barbara.corso.ide@gmail.com
Barb Keiser
Magical Child: Welcome 2023
8” x 5”
Photocopied gel print and photos: magazine paper, Prismacolor pencils. Substrate is 140# archival watercolor paper.
NFS
Ann Lee
Here Am I 2023 30.5” x 30.5”
Silks, skeleton leaves, photos printed on organza and embroidery
NFS
AnnMLee@outlook.com
Triptych: Me Myself I
2023
11.5” x 20”
Cotton canvas, machine thread, stranded cotton, perle
NFS
Alice Ringquist
Blind Contour Drawing Me #1
2023
19” x 14”
Paper, Fabric, Pencil, Markers
NFS