Geometric Expressions (SAQA Virtual Gallery)

Landscapes, portraits, and nature can often be reconfigured successfully using geometric shapes.  Or a geometric construction may resemble a real-life form.  Alternatively, the subject of a quilt can be given prominence if made of geometric shapes on a background that is free flowing.  Or a geometric background that resembles in some way what it represents can be effective.  

Let geometric shapes sing.  Straight-edged triangles, squares, rhombuses, hexagons, to mention a few, curved shapes such as ellipses and spirals, and/or non-standard shapes.  Traditional quilt blocks could be incorporated.  Sophisticated geometric constructions including fractals might be your specialty.  A major impact of submitted works must be the artistic use of geometry.

Pat Forster entered the art-quilt world ten years ago, bringing with her a love of Geometry, which is a carryover from her career in mathematics. Pat’s quilt designs are grounded in Geometry. She plays with shapes, letting real-world subjects emerge, and uses quilt titles to convey those subjects to the viewer. Alternately she addresses subjects, including social issues, by embellishing a geometric design with machined text.

Selecting entries from the amazing 269 submissions was a daunting task. The entries were amazing in their choices of subject including emotions, real-world objects/happenings, simple/sophisticated mathematical concepts, and their visually simple or complex geometric appearance.

Having a mathematics background, subjects that are principally mathematical/geometric appealed to me, but early on I recognised this so restarted my selection on the basis that I was selecting for an art gallery, not for a mathematical audience. Albeit, perspective is essentially achieved geometrically so an aspect of the works selected is that they are three-dimensional; or are two-dimensional but portray three dimensions strongly, or less strongly but convincingly. Otherwise, the art is two dimensional and subjects in titles or statements can be recognised, often with the help of colour.

Terry Aske (British Columbia, Canada) - Dramatically Diagonal
Gay Bitter (New Jersey, USA) - Sailing Options
Peggy Brown (Indiana, USA) - Re-Imagined II
Bonnie M. Bucknam (Colorado, USA) - Zebra
Deb Cashatt (California, USA) - Connections
Anna Chupa (Pennsylvania, USA) - Colorado Birches CA
Shannon Conley (Oklahoma, USA) - Kirigami 2: Chevrons
Tanya Cossett (Georgia, USA) - Abstract Geometric Study 1
Marcia DeCamp (New York, USA) - Blue Squares
Kazuyo Doi (Japan) - Pascal's Triangle
LaVonne M. Dunetts (Colorado, USA) - Fractured
Lisa Flowers Ross (Idaho, USA) - Leaf Stack #25
Susan M. Garrity (Wyoming, USA) - Radiance
Denise Giardullo (New York, USA) - Merge
Diane Goff (California, USA) - Duly Noted
Michele Hardy (Colorado, USA) - Circles #36
Janet Hiller (Oregon, USA) - Marriage
Vera Holmgren (Sweden) - Also sprach Zarathustra
June Horwich (Ontario, Canada) - Chill
Annie Hudnut (Colorado, USA) - Orange Ball
Mattea Jurin (Italy) - The Double Faced Ones
Margit Kagerer (Arizona, USA) - Walking in Circles
Teresita Leal (Argentina) - Conflict
Ellen Lindner (Florida, USA) - Raking Season
Niraja Lorenz (Oregon, USA) - Strange Attractor # 18 - Red Splash
Carole Lyles Shaw (Florida, USA) - GeoAbstraction 105
Lyn McCarty (Oregon, USA) - Homage to Gees Bend
Sara Miller (New Mexico, USA) - Celebration 2
Cathy Miranker (California, USA) - Bauhaus Brasil
Elisabeth Nacenta-de la Croix (Switzerland) - Lava
Tina Sommer Paaske (Denmark) - It is what it is
Frauke Palmer (Ohio, USA) - Don't Egg Me On
Claire Passmore (Mauritius) - Gentiana
Anita Payne De Gaia (Ontario, Canada) - Resilience
Cathy J. Perlmutter (California, USA) - We Are Stardust
Roswitha Schmit (Austria) - My Magic Window
Alison Schwabe (Uruguay) - The Shimmer Effect
Stephanie Shore (Massachusetts, USA) - Evolved 7
Sarah Ann Smith (Maine, USA) - [Re] Connecting  /  XOXO 2022
Jan Soules (California, USA) - Homage to Hundertwasser
Wendy L. Starn (Louisiana, USA) - Good Day, Sunshine!
Dianne Miller Wolman (Maryland, USA) - Study in Stitches
Heidi Zielinski (Montana, USA) - Let Evening Come