Tree (c) 2017 - Tabitha Gilmore-Barnes Studio

TREE, (c) 2017, Embroidery, Autobiographical, 36″ diameter

This was started around 2002 and only completed in January 2017. From 2002-2006 I pursued a Masters Degree in order to advance in my job, which did not happen.

TREE then became more autobiographical (as seen with the grey clouds and dead tree trunk) in representing time on the job = time away from the studio (creativity). Thanksgiving Wednesday 2016 I retired: RELEASE.

This release is seen with the blue sky clearing, the green grass, and the fire still within the tree trunk and branches.

EXHIBITS

2023 Roxbury Arts Group, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, two-person show, Headwaters Arts Center, Stamford, NY (invitational)

2022 Cooperstown Art Association, MADE IN NEW YORK: GLASS and FIBER EXHIBIT, Cooperstown, NY (invitational) (see photo below)

2021 Roxbury Arts Group, WHO’S GOING TO STOP ME? Roxbury, NY (juried)