Above are "River Rhumba" and "Our Folly, His Future."
When I was first living in Bellingham in the mid-1970s and after I received my first paycheck from my job as an industrial sewing machine operator in a Columbia Sportswear factory, I purchased a striking tapestry weaving that I had seen at a yarn shop in downtown Bellingham. I think of the figure as that of a lizard but it could be a salamander, both of which I sorely missed. I was new in Northwest Washington. I was deeply homesick for California. As I handed my check to the store owner, she noticed my address and told me that the tapestry weaver lived a few doors away from me. Linda has been my art friend for a long time now. The lizard/salamander is on the wall at one of my work tables. I was delighted when Linda told me that she had been putting a website together. It is like being able to visit her in her studio any time I want!
Linda Rees' website.
She will be showing some of her tapestries in La Connor, Washington, at the Gaches Mansion, from October through December.
Also, as I've mentioned before in other posts, she is the author of Nezhnie: Weaver & Innovative Artist. I recommend it.
Nezhnie: Weaver & Innovative Artist.
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