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Inspiration:Part of my family comes from the resettled community of Exploits Islands in Notre Dame Bay and we have returned there each summer since I was an infant. Over the past thirty years, I’ve watched time pass on the island and have noticed the progressive decay of certain houses, the construction of summer cabins and the shift from one generation to the next. When first I started going there, the community had only been resettled for eight years. There were still residents on the island and much of the old way of life there was intact. A generation of time has since passed and things are very different there now. The house portrayed in this piece is one that was not restored or kept up, but rather allowed to mature into old age with a surprising grace. It stands at the entrance to the harbour as a sentinel, watching those who leave and return and paying homage to the passage of time.Construction and Design:“Passages in Time” is constructed from cotton and satin fabrics that are hand-painted using light-resistant acrylic-based textile paints. The trees were overpainted using fabric pastels. It is hand and machine-sewn and quilted using an assortment of threads, including metallic and holographic fibres. The house is constructed with overlapped cotton fabrics that have been stitched firmly in place and the moon is of multi-layered sheers and lamés. The rocks are hand-appliquéd to give dimensionality. Machine quilted with metallic, cotton and monofilament threads, this lines of this piece are designed to enhance the movement of light over water and to show the gentle lapping of the ocean against the shore on a soft summer’s night. The cotton batting and backing are firmly anchored to the piece by said quilting and thus insuring that the piece is structurally sound.    Photo: Erick Walsh, 2006 To see any of these works, check out the gallery!
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