2026   67” x 42”.

I was born into post WW-II America: the era of baby boomers. The era of families placing their hopes in the American dream.

I created this work as both a portrait of my family and a portrait of America as I experienced it.

About my family: I created these figures on fabric beginning with an actual photograph, small and grainy, from a family scrapbook. My family spent some our early vacations at Rehoboth Beach, and idyllic portrait of Mom-Dad-two-daughters. I enlarged the photo then transferred it to fabric, using gel medium to pull the image off a laser color copy on paper. It took a lot of surface painting to get the images discernible, allowing me to be intimately involved with bringing these people I know to life in textiles plus acrylics.

About America: The experience of this family in a too-small boat is rocky. The dreams were real. The intent was often good, and sometimes innocent. But the realities of economics and not thinking through deeply the forces at work have taken a lot of families down.

This work is finished as an art quilt: fabric bound edge and fabric-backed.  The entire surface is machine quilted. The back has a pocket and slat for easy hanging display with two standard picture hooks.

Techniques: Surface design using acrylic paints on shear polyester and cotton muslin; monotype printing of the sky; collage, applique, transfer of original photos to fabric using acrylic mediums, direct painting on the assembled quilt, machine stitched construction and quilting.

This work will exhibit in a solo show of Bobbi’s quilts at the Museum of Art DeLand , Florida June - August 2026. It is available for purchase, with delivery at the conclusion of the Museum Exhibit.

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