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Upcoming Shows – Places to See My Work (and Me) in Person

This textile painting below, “LineScape #12 (Fields and Highways), along with “LineScape #23 (Mad Hatter) were both juried into the New Legacies Show at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins. The exhibit runs from July 9 – August 31, with opening reception on […]

Black and Blue: Discharged Silk Scarves

Steaming right along in preparation for our Studio Tour event this coming weekend, I’ve been designing my first ever black silk scarves, using black scarf blanks and then drawing and printing on them with discharge paste to remove the color:

When discharging fabric, different value ranges can be achieved […]

Fire, Smoke, and Unbundling Update

Fire and Smoke

It’s Day 5 of the High Park Fire, and while the fire has burned over 46,000 acres, it is now 10% contained and authorities have doubled the number of resources fighting it (1000 staff) along with 100 fire engines, 5 heavy tankers, 5 single engine tankers, and 14 helicopters – the cavalry […]

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 […]

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 […]

Virtual Tour of my Taft Canyon Art Studio

Thanks to my brother Paul, here is a video virtual tour of my studio as it was set up for the Fort Collins Studio Tour in June:

In the part of the studio where my long arm quilting machine lives, I hung several newly completed textile paintings, including several small kitschy cowgirl pieces on […]

Guess What I’m doing Today?

The Free Fort Collins Studio Tour starts tomorrow. My studio will be open to the public from 10a-5pm both Saturday and Sunday. More info about the event and downloadable tour maps available here.

There is also a “preview” exhibition at ArtLab Fort Collins now through 6/26 with work from all the participating artists on the […]