Friday, January 27, 2012

Sallie in Hope and Healing exhibit

see Alma Lesch's fabric portrait from 1997 called "Sallie" <#Sallie> in the form of a woven reproduction at Louisville's Center for Women and Families (donated by Dennis Shaffner)<#SHAFFNER> of Shepherdsville, KY

Sunday, September 11, 2011

applique quilt Kentucky 2010




art is life...live with art
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Monday, March 07, 2011

1941

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Alma Lee Wallace 1941
























The decade of WWII; early years in Louisville, KY
(one Derby on-the-town story as the designated driver
for Mr. H) ...24 year-old teacher
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

"Uncle Bob" #2 1965

























Fabric Collage Portrait
stitchery and applique with old spectacles,
book, Newspaper 1904, piece of old quilt on linen.
21" x 34"
blue, beige, gold
owned by Mrs Otto L, Spaeth, New York City
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"Jonah"
























collection of Garvin Brown
plaiting, stitchery, applique
one form inside another
8" x 25" x 5"
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"David" Alma Lesch
























Applique and stitchery, 1965

Fabric Collage Portrait
22" x 50"
Red, purple, blue, rust
sold to Millard Lesch, Seattle, Washington
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