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WILD
ROSES
61cm
x 91cm
In
the collection of the Artist
Hand
dyed fabric, Machine pieced,
appliquéd
and embellished, machine
quilted
September
1997
NWT
Arts Council
I
have been fascinated with wild roses since my childhood in Northwestern
Ontario. The scent
of the roses has always drawn me to them, but the colour of the
roses themselves was also appealing. I lived on the prairies of Southern
Manitoba in a well developed farmland area and on the tundra, both these
places did not have wild roses. When I moved to Yellowknife, much to my delight, the
following spring there were masses of wild roses in bloom. I was transported back to my childhood and resumed my
enjoyment of this hardy, fragile and beautiful flower.
I wish I could catch the scent, as well as the flowers themselves. |
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