Friends property of Rocky Mountain National Park In 2003, I was fortunate to have been chosen for the Artist-in-Residence program at Rocky Mountain National Park. As part of the residency, I was able to live within the Park for two weeks, in a cabin which was donated to the Park Service specifically for this program. In turn, I created a piece as an interpretation of my stay at Rocky Mountain and donated it to the Park. This elk and his companion, a black billed magpie, converse in front of the Continental Divide. The Big Thompson River flows past them and their fellow residents are embedded in the surrounding habitat, as well as on the elk's body. The piece measures 60"w x 64"h. Friends employs a variety of techniques - hand painting, immersion dying, shibori, discharge, silkscreen, appliqué, and free motion stitching, and media including handmade paper, silk habotai, silk charmeuese, silk taffeta, silk dupioni, cotton sheeting, oil paint sticks, fiber reactive dyes and fabric paints. back to gallery home