Alpine Meadow
My guild has asked me to do a landscape design workshop, and I made this small quilt as a sample, using the relatively simple technique which I intend to teach. The inspiration was a picture that my son had taken in Switzerland, while he was doing an internship there. Here is the original photo (by my son, Alex Robinson):
July 15th, 200712:24 pm at
………Kit-I enjoyed looking at your new quilt!The colors were peaceful and gave me a good feeling like perhaps I had been there before……………………Cindi
July 15th, 200712:32 pm at
Kit…I love the colors in this landscape. Very nice work.
July 15th, 20075:28 pm at
Kit, this is quite amazing. I like the fact that you “elected” to leave out the wires that showed in the photo. Is that called artistic license?
July 15th, 20075:35 pm at
Kit:
Love your landscape. You captured the clouds in the mountains very well…it is amazing to see the clouds hanging there between the mountains. Good job!
July 15th, 20076:49 pm at
I think it’s beautiful. I’m happy to see you posting. I’ll email you tomorrow!
July 15th, 20078:06 pm at
WOW, Kit!!!
you did a wonderful job recreating the photo……..not just technically but you captured the spirit of the scene and the free and happy feeling of the flowers.
congrats!
wish I were there to take your class and learn your technique.
patricia
July 15th, 200711:14 pm at
Dear Kit, I went on your blog and looked at your landscape(s) and they are all wonderful and I went on your web site too, and I was just overwhelmed with all the beauty and creativity! You are an amazing artist and so prolific. I just really LOVE your work. Very happy and beautiful - all of it. Thank you so much for sharing it with us on QA list. Peace, hugs and many blessings, Annie
July 16th, 200712:01 am at
Thats a wonderful interpretation of a alpine landscape. Wonderful done the color perspective.
Heidi
July 16th, 200711:35 am at
Kit, great use of colors and lines. The picture itself captured a gorgeous scene, but after I scrolled down, your quilt took my breath away. You really translated a pretty photo into a “wow” quilt! Your quilts are amazing! Wish I could take your class! Barb
May 30th, 200812:11 am at
Kit,
Here I am, late as always.
Of course it’s everything the others say. But also …
I think you captured the scene of the photo nicely, but not the mood. What strikes me most about the photo is its ominous-osity … something’s coming over the hills. and it’s not a happy something.
The only thing I can put my finger on that achieves this effect is the photo’s progressive desaturation of the light from front (where the dandelions literally glow) to rear (where I wouldn’t have the nerve to start a hike).
Your quilt does vary in the saturation of its colors, but not in the systematic way of the photo - in the quilt there are mountain patches that are brighter than the front dandelion strip; the latter seems to be in deep shade. In the photo the color just, single-mindedly, drains away more and more as my eye moves into the landscape.
But I’ll bet you knew all that.
P-)