Love Letters to Appalachia

Love Letters to Appalachia was a collaborative show with Jessie McClanahan. We used our respective media to create work inspired by our experiences growing up in the mountains of West Virginia, sometimes collaborating to create unique pieces with clay, paper, and fibers.

 
 
 
 
 

Around the Block

This is a series documenting life during the pandemic in the neighborhood where I grew up in Elkins, West Virginia. There is a deep sense of community here that brings me a lot of hope.

Tom’s Porch, 8x10” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Friday, 9x16” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Black-eyed Susans, 10x12” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Black-eyed Susans, 10x12” thread on handmade paper, 2020

The Ladies Who Walk in the Mornings, 8x11” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Coffee at Kate’s, 8x10” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Coffee at Kate’s, 8x10” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Field of Thistle, 13x15” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Field of Thistle, 13x15” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Asters, 13x15” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Asters, 13x15” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Neighborhood Voting Party, 8x10” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Neighborhood Voting Party, 8x10” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Goldenrod, 13x15” thread on handmade paper, 2020

Goldenrod, 13x15” thread on handmade paper, 2020