Not My People
This quilt represents my thoughts on a major change of mind experienced recently by a loved one. It is a collaboration, as I was affected, but I did not personally experience the situations. There are three time periods represented, beginning at the bottom with: Temptation, chaos, selfish choices, irresponsibility, immaturity,
Changing minds
Some of my artwork involves trying to get viewers to think, and possibly change their minds a bit. I make work about situations that bother me, and that I wish were different. I’ve done a series of quilts about victims of the war in Ukraine, and another collection about gun
Coin Count
Karol Kusmaul Thinking about coins, I remembered my years working as a teller at a Savings and Loan. I spent plenty of time counting both coins and bills, and I became very quick on an adding machine! Focusing on coins, I pulled out several polka dot like fabrics, and
All Blessings Flow
When I began to think about compositions for the Flow of Water theme, my first thoughts were of the beach, the ocean, and the sunset. Even though I live in Florida, I miss all that. It’s not often that I get there! I decided to brainstorm a bit, as I
Flow of water – huge, or a trickle?
Last week, I was in a conversation about travel with my walking buddies. I was remembering a trip to a quilting conference in Toronto last April, when I had the fortunate experience of visiting Niagara Falls. Such a huge amount and forceful movement of water goes over those rocks!! I
Besties
The design was roughly adapted from a photo of my daughter and me during an ice skating adventure on my birthday. I like using colors that are opposite on the color wheel, like blue-green and red-orange. Complementary colors seem to demand our attention. I started with a background meant for
Considering Color
We artists thoughtfully consider color in our work, knowing that specific colors can inspire emotions. Seeing red, feeling blue, green with envy, joyful, sunny yellow – are all in our repertoire. We can also use color to push and pull space, knowing that warm colors appear to advance and cools
Habit Change
Change is often hard. We get set in our ways and resist alternative ways of operating. We all have good habits, like exercise, and bad habits, like eating foods that are not healthy. If we analyze our bad habits and make a sincere commitment to turn those behaviors around, then
Last Hurrah
Karol KusmaulWe don’t get much distinct seasonal change here in Florida, especially the further south you are. It stays pretty green here year round. Some of us miss the seasons, and enjoy visiting places where it snows in winter and the leaves change in the fall. When we received the
Love Thy Neighbor
I’ve been working on art and writing for a Masters degree recently. The subject is violence. Of particular concern to me when I began this work was the invasion of Ukraine and the surfeit of gun violence in the United States. Finally focusing on solutions took me back to early
Restoration/Repair
Our world is broken and in dire need of repair. We don’t always learn from past mistakes, and people continue to be hurt and killed. Many seem to have lost touch with lessons taught in childhood about respect and consideration for others. Or maybe they were never taught. At any