Kathy McNeil
Internationally Award Winning Landscape/ Pictorial Quilter, teacher, judge and published author.
6813 Totem Beach Road
Tulalip, WA 98271
360-659-4002
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Biography
Kathy McNeil, internationally award winning Landscape and Pictorial quilt artist, teacher, judge and designer is passionate about the health benefits of creativity. Sewing thousands of little scraps of fabric together by hand, she create quilts that look like paintings. These wall hangings are inherently and symbolically full of love and comfort. Often using over a hundred different fabric prints in one composition, she revels in adding small details and surprises for the viewer to find. The quilting itself adds an additional element of texture to her work. Her quilts are frequently featured in museums, magazines, calendars and international shows. Many of her quilts are in private collections. www.kathymcneilquilts.com |
Artist's Statement
Every creative act begins as a connection between the artist and their world. Exploration of that moment of inspiration fuels the process of telling a story and making art. Results are never predictable, as the discovery is different each time. A mastery of techniques and design will be noted and appreciated by others, but will the magic that inspired the artist reach out and touch someone else? When it does.... something big is shared.
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Museums: • National Quilting Museum AQS Paducah -SOLO show 2006 20004, 2010 ,2011 New Quilts from Old Favorites, “Gifts of Love" 2005, “Power for Change"
Publications: • Lark Books- 500 Art Quilts 2010 ( 4 of my quilts are pictured) • American Quilters Society, New Quilts from old Favorites 2010 book edition, 2nd place •Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, March 2010, April 2007, May 2004, January 2004,December 2003 Photo Finish, December Photo Finish 2008, 2002 cover photo •Machine Quilting Unlimited, January 2010•
• Love of Quilting; Fons and Porter-March/April •American Quilter: Spring 2007, Winter 2003, November 2008 • AQS Engagement Calendar 2005, 20007 • New Quilts from Old Favorites books- AQS publisher- 2010, 2000
National and International Awards: • Seasons- 1st Place Innovative, Denver National • Natural Wonders. BEST of SHOW 2011 Road 2 CA, Runner up to BEST OF SHOW 2010 PIQF, Best Pictorial Quilt Odyssey 2011, 2nd large quilts Pacific West. • Milkweed for Monarchs. 2nd place wall quilts PIQF 2010 • Feathered Friends. 1st place large quilts. AQS Lancaster 2010 • Crossing Calamity Creek- Best Pictorial Quilt Odyssey 2009, Best Pictorial Mid Atlantic 2010 • Pass it on- Best Pictorial and Viewer Choice, Quilt Odyssey 2010Best Machine Workmanship Denver National 2010, 1st Applique large, Indiana heritage 2010 • Heron Happiness. 1st Place Applique Quilt Odyssey. 1st place Road to California • Panda Perfect- 2nd place Pictorial Road to California • Take Me There- 1st Place Nature Quilts. Road to California, 2009 • Monkey Business at Grandma's- 3rd place Innovative AQS 2008
Nationally ranked Quilt Instructor, Lecturer and judge |