Saturday, March 6, 2010

Ghostly Galleon


My latest piece was created for the Fiberart Challenge group. The word was poetic. I took my inspiration from the poem The Highwayman. The line "the moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas," came to mind. The moon has inspired poets, writers and artists for centuries.

I just love how this one just came to life on it's own. I used commercially dyed blue and white fabric. The moon and the snow was done with shiva paintstiks and then I machine quilted it.

12 comments:

Terri Stegmiller said...

This is very lovely!

Stacy Hurt said...

very beautiful & haunting!

Julie Steffen said...

beautiful work patty

Fibra Artysta said...

This is very beautiful! It has a very haunting mysterious quality about it. It makes me wonder what the person who was looking at the moon was thinking about...

Gisela Towner said...

Just beautiful! It goes nicely with the first piece, I think!

Carole said...

Patti.... this is AWESOME!!
So beautiful..so haunting, ethreal.I love it...

pcoxdesign said...

Thank you everyone for all wonderful feed back on this piece!

katherinesands said...

This is gorgeous Patty.

NEEDLEWINGS said...

love it, it's gorgeous!

J. Marie said...

Hauntingly beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Patty this is really nice. I love the color and it speaks to me. I too, love doing work with the moon. The moon is so mysterious and beautiful. Great to see this work! Wendy

mzjohansen said...

Ooooohhhhh Ahhhhhh! Wow. What can I can. Your work mesmerizes me !