Groovin’ – Dianne McCarthy

“Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.” ~ John French Sloan

What does music look like? What does color feel like?

In this piece, I explored a physical interpretation of the energy, rhythm, and emotion that music evokes within us. Using improvisational design and piecing techniques, I allowed curved shapes and color to guide the piece’s evolution within a set structure, like a melody flowing into the soul.

Machine stitching is used not just to bind the layers, but as a decorative element adding texture and a layer of energy across the surface.

$3,900

About the artist: Dianne McCarthy’s work has been exhibited in galleries as well as regional and national quilt shows. She is on the Board of the Palm Beach Modern Quilt Guild, presenting lectures, designing quilts, organizing and leading their production for both exhibition and charitable giving. Personally fabric is a tactile and familiar medium for her; a connection to her mother and grandmothers who introduced her to the art of making. She is inspired by color, shape, light, shadow, and movement. Fabric begs her imagination to transform it into something that’s representational, abstract, fun, artful, cheerful, and sometimes difficult.

email: dianne.mccarthy73@gmail.com