I have been doing art in one form or another since I was a child. I have sketched, painted, made baskets, done metal punch and worked with stained glass. For the last 35 years quilting has become my obsession. The inspiration for my quilts comes from nature, my love and fascination with old buildings as well as my attraction to things like cement works, oil rigs, and energy sources. My career spent teaching physics, astronomy, and meteorology has had a strong influence on my art. This can be seen particularly in my energy/environmental series. Resume: • A long career teaching science (1974-2015) • My energy quilt entitled “Starry Scary Night” was displayed at Schlow during the arts festival (July 2018) • My canal house quilt entitled “When the Dark Night Seems Endless” was juried into Quilts=Art=Quilts at the Schweinfurth Art center (October 27, 2018 to January 6, 2019) • Teaching an Olli class on making an art quilt from a photo. (April 2019) • Blog address: http://chrissquiltinguniverse.blogspot.com/
