Looking In, Looking Out by Rosalie Dace

During Covid, I was able to take a Zoom class with Rosalie Dace through Schweinfurth Museum in Auburn, New York. Rosalie is an excellent teacher, a brilliant artist, and a lovely person. The topic was ‘Looking In, Looking Out’ and I have been mildly obsessed with one of the tangents of this class – shadows.

‘Looking In, Looking Out’ had a lot of discussion about perspective, as you might ascertain from the title, but I’ve developed a slightly different point of view and think about looking at shadows that tell their own story. I began to notice the strong geometric shadows appearing on our entryway wall every sunny afternoon. The window sheers in our upstairs bedroom create a moving and cascading light-and-shadow dance in the mornings. The shadow of an oak leaf on our kitchen cabinet as the sun clears the trees in our backyard. Setting your coffee down so you can tie your shoes after listening to the news about war around the world. Endless. Fascination.

I’m taking a 2 week break from quilting the Jazz Quilts, mostly to let my shoulders recover, but am mulling a series of these shadow quilts as a possible new project.

What do you think?

Beth