And on the other side of the Studio….

More work in progress – a couple of new large textile paintings, a continuation of my LineScape Series.

LineScapes #30 and #31 in progress

With 3 art shows coming up within the next 3 months, and high potential for a 4th one later this fall, I’ve got good incentive to get a bunch […]

Fly Me to the Moon

Yellow. It seems my most favorite color lately. Some have argued that it’s actually green.

LineScape #22 – Window Seat, 18.5 x 30 in. © Ayn Hanna

A deconstructed dye drawing on fabric

with thread as well

LineScape #22 – Window Seat (detail) © Ayn […]

New Work – “Mad Hatter”

New Work. Fewer Words. More Story.

"Mad Hatter" © Ayn Hanna Textile Painting, 29.5 x 27.5 in

"Mad Hatter" (detail) © Ayn Hanna

"Mad Hatter" (detail) © Ayn Hanna

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Art and Garden Parties

Weekend Road Trip – Art Parties

Is it really Monday? The weekend was a blur – It’s great to have such a creative family, although 2 solo show openings (one in Denver and one in Steamboat) on the same weekend is pretty over the top.

My partner, Barbara Gilhooly had a reception for her solo […]

LineScape #14 – An Entangled Dream LineScape

Continued from here and here, I’ve now finished my first piece in the LineScape series which contains some significant hand stitching. I’m really loving the look and feel of the hand stitching as well as the meditative (problem solving) time I get while doing the stitching.

LineScape #14, 42" x 36", (cotton fabrics […]

Woven LineScape

Influenced by Jude Hill’s Contemporary Boro teachings, I’ve been working to incorporate some fabric weaving into my work. Here’s my latest piece in the LineScape series, almost complete:

LineScape #15 in progress, layered cotton fabrics, stitching (12"x12") ©Ayn Hanna

I’ve combined some of my own hand-dyed fabrics with some old soft used stripey […]

Remember your first treasure map?

LineScape #12 (Fields and Highways) ©2011 Ayn Hanna, 31.5"x40", Textile Painting (cotton fabrics hand-dyed and silk screened by the artist, cotton stitching)

M.A.P.S. * M.A.P.S * M.A.P.S

Remember those treasure maps from teen adventure stories, oftentimes one of the few visual pages in a paperback full of text? And board games too, the […]

In Fits and Starts: Another Work in Progress Wednesday

More pictures, less words.

Here’s the piece I’ve been working on. See how it’s changed in the past week?

Work in progress ©Ayn Hanna

Little by little it’s revealing itself to me.

One moment, I have no idea what’s next, but force (discipline) myself to stay with it and next thing I know, […]

The Yin Yang of Creativity

Sweet Pea ©2006 Ayn Hanna, 60"x45", (cotton fabrics, cotton batting, cotton threads)

Completion

My first completed art work of 2012 happens to also be my second ever bed quilt (queen size). My first one was “Sweet Pea” (pictured above), a baby quilt for my friend Ginny’s boy, Ford. I finished stitching the […]

5th Floor Reflections – Drawing in My Textile Art

I made this drawing one morning when I was staying in a downtown Denver high rise hotel. Upon opening the curtains, I was so taken by the abstract images I saw in the reflections of the windows in the building across the street, I sat down and started recording them on a small piece of […]