Website: www.lindasteelequilts.com
Facebook: Linda Steele Quilts
E-mail: lindasteele@bigpond.com
My latest work has been dealing with thoughts, feelings and emotions. Becoming more abstract in my approach has helped me express this.
The Bleaching
Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 80x127cm (H x W)
Statement: Coral Reefs all over the world are suffering from bleaching and losing their wonderful colour.
Exhibitions: Finalist Houston USA and Fall Paducah USA
Awards: 1st Pictorial Victorian Quilters Showcase; 3rd Pictorial Fall Paducah USA
6 Pack Shame
Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 100x40cm (H x W)
Statement: Plastics are entering and damaging our oceans and coral reefs at an alarming rate.
Exhibitions: Australian Quilts in Public Places (AQIPP)
Awards: Best use of colour: AQIPP
Family Feud
Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 100x60cm (H x W)
Statement: Tempers flare, harsh words exchanged and disputes blown out of proportion. Days, months and years may pass without contact or closure. Yet the family connection still flows through our veins. Red represents our blood and purple the pride that often prevents healing..
Exhibitions: Connections, SAQA Oceania Regional Exhibition
Connections: The Teenage Years
Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 200x200cm (H x W)
Statement: I am exploring aging and memories with this work. We were all teenagers once and maybe a bit worn around the edges but sometimes those imperfections make us more interesting.
Exhibitions: Passion and Proportion 2 in New Zealand 2019. Art Quilt Elements 2020 in Wayne Arts Centre, Pennsylvania USA
Grief
Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 150cm x 150cm (H x W)
Statement: Grief cracks us open, eventually we reshape and re-emerge, but we are different than before. We will never be the same, life has changed
Exhibitions: Connections, SAQA Global Exhibition
Melbourne Malaise
Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 68 x 100cm (H x W)
Statement: In 2020 Melbourne went into stage 4 lockdown, residents were only allowed to exercise for one hour a day. Despite the scenery, birds and flowers, all their thoughts were on the number of Covid cases and the news reports.
Exhibitions: Australian Quilts in Public Places 2021
Autumn Crisp
Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 95x1030cm (H x W)
Statement: Warm days, gentle breezes and falling leaves surround us in Autumn, just the crisp, cooler morning air reminds us that winter is next.
