Moondancing

“Moondance I, II, and III”, 24 x 24 x 2 inches each, Textile paintings (hand-dyed fabrics, stitching) mounted on cradled birch panels © Ayn Hanna

I’m in the final stretch of preparing for the ACC Baltimore Show – less than 2 weeks to go – and steadily making progress on completing the many […]

You don’t know what you don’t know

What a difference a year makes – At this time last year, I was climbing a steep learning curve, preparing to exhibit in my first ACC Baltimore show and dealing with a lot of unknowns. This year, I get the benefit of having been through that fire, with a much greater understanding of the big […]

Visual Autobiography: The Early Years

Making, Making Making…

Heads down in the studio, preparing for the upcoming ACC Baltimore show in Feb (I’ll be in booth #3101), I’m making more of my small stitched textile badges which will be a large focal point of my display.

(For those that are new to this […]

Looking Back, Looking Forward

As the temperature drops below zero and the snow gently falls on this, the night before the last of 2014, I’m so grateful for my bright warm home and studio, and all the memories of a really big year.

My booth at the 2014 ACC Baltimore Show.

2014 – I got Married and […]

SOFA and Blue Chicago

“Drift”, textile painting (eco-printed wool, cotton, stitching), 24 x 17 inches © Ayn Hanna

“Drift” (above) is now part of the Fairview Ridges Hospital collection and will be hung in the Cancer Clinic in Burnsville, MN.

SOFA Chicago

Visiting the windy city in early Nov to see the SOFA show, I was reminded […]

And now for some Good News…

“LineScape #36 (Bridges)”, 42 x 69 inches (deconstructed screen-printed cloth, batting, stitching) ©2014 Ayn Hanna

LineScape #36, my most recent work in this series and the largest so far was one of 2 of my works that was accepted to the Quilts=Art=Quilts show at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn, NY. The […]

An exhibit opening and two workshops

Where were we? It’s fall, the energy of making is in full swing and it’s been a crazy month – 2 workshops in the past 2 weekends and an art show opening this coming weekend.

Eco-Dyeing with Natural Plants Workshop

2 weekends ago, we lucked out with amazingly beautiful weather for my fall workshop. It […]

Surrounded in Love: Must Love Art

Barbara and I with our two Host Couple families in front of the Wall of Hearts

It was the Best of Times! And the show is still up through 9/27.

Our Wedding and Must Love Art Show Opening Reception were everything we’d hoped for. Many of our family and friends joined us for […]

Must Love Art: A Collaborative Art Exhibit and Love Story

It’s true. After a mere 50 years on this planet, I’m getting hitched. And since we’re both artists, we thought, what better way to celebrate than to have a big art show?

“Must Love Art” is a large 2250 sqft. multi-medium collaborative exhibit by Barbara Gilhooly and […]

3 Things: Willow, Are You Ready to Bundle? AND an Exhibit Opening this Week

Willow-An Artisan Market

Well that holiday weekend was sure a whirlwind blur wasn’t it?

Barbara and I spent Saturday afternoon at Willow – An Artisan’s Market in Littleton, CO doing an artists’ meet and greet event. We loved the artwork and the feel of this shop when we first happened upon it while doing a […]