Ruth de Vos, Mt Nasura, WA

Website: www.ruthdevos.com
Facebook: Ruth de Vos Art
E-mail: ruth@ruthdevos.com

I am an artist. I stitch hundreds of little pieces of hand-dyed fabric together to make bold textile paintings. With a riot of colour and form the artworks were created in order to enjoy and capture the wonder of small children discovering this awesome world.

Observing small children notice budding flowers, snail trails, ripening fruit, textured leaves, floating bubbles, dripping rain and pencil marks on paper for the first time is a wonderful reminder of just how special these ordinary things are. In an effort to retain some of that wide-eyed wonder myself and to share it with others, my current body of vibrant quilted textiles incorporate traditional patchwork and quilting techniques in a contemporary way to powerfully record the learning experiences of little children.

Children are naturally appreciative of God’s creation, and as I share with them the wonder of our Creator God I am reminded over and over again of the wonderful things He has made; most especially the children who have been entrusted to us to nurture and to teach.