A little bit about my work....I create my fiber art using a piecing method. This means that I individually cut out each piece of fabric and sew it together to create the image you see. My passion is finding just the right patterns and colors to convey my inspirations without any further surface embellishment. The challenge and limitations of the piecing technique (as opposed to applique or surface painting) is one I enjoy!
Biography
Linda Beach is an award winning fiber artist whose nature inspired pieces have been commissioned for many public art installations in Alaska, California, Texas, Colorado, Washington, New Mexico and Illinois as well as juried into internationally prominent exhibitions such as Art Quilt Elements and Quilt Visions. Please see her resume for full details.
The depth and complexity she achieves in her quilts have led to their inclusion in several notable publications and books as well as making her a sought-after lecturer and teacher in such venues as Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar, the Quilt Symposium Manawatu New Zealand and the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK, the largest in Europe. Among her many accomplishments are serving as an Artist-in-Residence at Denali, Rocky Mountain, Acadia, Mesa Verde National Parks as well as chosen for Glacier National Park (unable to serve). as well as on the Board of Directors of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA).
Linda has been working with fiber in one way or another ever since she can remember, starting with knitting, embroidery and needlepoint as a child. Quilts, more specifically art quilts, have been her passion for a number of years. Nature is her inspiration and a love of travel as well as hiking provide limitless ideas. Currently she is obsessed with trees, their shape, line and character.
Linda Beach is an award winning fiber artist whose nature inspired pieces have been commissioned for many public art installations in Alaska, California, Texas, Colorado, Washington, New Mexico and Illinois as well as juried into internationally prominent exhibitions such as Art Quilt Elements and Quilt Visions. Please see her resume for full details.
The depth and complexity she achieves in her quilts have led to their inclusion in several notable publications and books as well as making her a sought-after lecturer and teacher in such venues as Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar, the Quilt Symposium Manawatu New Zealand and the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK, the largest in Europe. Among her many accomplishments are serving as an Artist-in-Residence at Denali, Rocky Mountain, Acadia, Mesa Verde National Parks as well as chosen for Glacier National Park (unable to serve). as well as on the Board of Directors of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA).
Linda has been working with fiber in one way or another ever since she can remember, starting with knitting, embroidery and needlepoint as a child. Quilts, more specifically art quilts, have been her passion for a number of years. Nature is her inspiration and a love of travel as well as hiking provide limitless ideas. Currently she is obsessed with trees, their shape, line and character.
Video
Episode 1409 of The Quilt Show
Quilters Newsletter TV segments:
Meet the Artist
Artist in Residence
Episode 1409 of The Quilt Show
Quilters Newsletter TV segments:
Meet the Artist
Artist in Residence