Artist Statement: I wanted to evoke the potency of a single branch heavy with blossoms, the background shimmering with leaves and grasses. This fiber art is my distilled memory of such a scene.

Chinese Chrysanthemum Series: Hong Mei Ge - Pavilion with the Blossoms of Red Plum Trees

Materials & Techniques: Cotton fabric, cotton batting, cotton & polyester thread. Machine piecing and quilting.

Memory of Plum Blossoms © 2002 by Barbara O'Steen