I had a dream…

last night

that I was Hillary Clinton’s assistant.

She was still Secretary of State, very strong, vibrant, and happy. (I was excited and happy too….waaaaaay less stressed in this role than I am in my current day job.) Hillary and Barack had stopped by our home for a dinner party. We were joined by […]

Art and Garden Parties

Weekend Road Trip – Art Parties

Is it really Monday? The weekend was a blur – It’s great to have such a creative family, although 2 solo show openings (one in Denver and one in Steamboat) on the same weekend is pretty over the top.

My partner, Barbara Gilhooly had a reception for her solo […]

LineScape #14 – An Entangled Dream LineScape

Continued from here and here, I’ve now finished my first piece in the LineScape series which contains some significant hand stitching. I’m really loving the look and feel of the hand stitching as well as the meditative (problem solving) time I get while doing the stitching.

LineScape #14, 42" x 36", (cotton fabrics […]

Woven LineScape

Influenced by Jude Hill’s Contemporary Boro teachings, I’ve been working to incorporate some fabric weaving into my work. Here’s my latest piece in the LineScape series, almost complete:

LineScape #15 in progress, layered cotton fabrics, stitching (12"x12") ©Ayn Hanna

I’ve combined some of my own hand-dyed fabrics with some old soft used stripey […]

Remember your first treasure map?

LineScape #12 (Fields and Highways) ©2011 Ayn Hanna, 31.5"x40", Textile Painting (cotton fabrics hand-dyed and silk screened by the artist, cotton stitching)

M.A.P.S. * M.A.P.S * M.A.P.S

Remember those treasure maps from teen adventure stories, oftentimes one of the few visual pages in a paperback full of text? And board games too, the […]

In Fits and Starts: Another Work in Progress Wednesday

More pictures, less words.

Here’s the piece I’ve been working on. See how it’s changed in the past week?

Work in progress ©Ayn Hanna

Little by little it’s revealing itself to me.

One moment, I have no idea what’s next, but force (discipline) myself to stay with it and next thing I know, […]

Work in Progress Wednesday

Here’s the piece I’ve got on my design wall right now.

Untitled (in progress) ©Ayn Hanna

It began as a piece of cloth that I had screenprinted a pattern on. I left this cloth on my studio wall for months, living with it and contemplating what it wanted to become. Eventually, an image […]

The Yin Yang of Creativity

Sweet Pea ©2006 Ayn Hanna, 60"x45", (cotton fabrics, cotton batting, cotton threads)

Completion

My first completed art work of 2012 happens to also be my second ever bed quilt (queen size). My first one was “Sweet Pea” (pictured above), a baby quilt for my friend Ginny’s boy, Ford. I finished stitching the […]

A Reunion of Sorts: Our Show at the Directions Gallery through Feb

Installing our show in the Directions gallery. Christy is on the ladder dealing with the lights, Barbara is working on installing her piece on the wall.

Ladies from the 80’s (and 90)

This past weekend, Barbara Gilhooly, Christy Martell, and I hung our group show in the Directions Gallery at the CSU Visual […]

My 2012 Goals

"LineScape #1" ©Ayn Hanna, 19"x20.5", Textile Painting

This is the first time I’ve published my list of Goals for the year.

I’ve established goals in previous years, often carrying them around in my head rather than writing them down. Although I feel like I’ve accomplished many of the goals I’ve set (or at […]