Donna Deaver
Coeur D'Alene, ID
I am a textile artist, who works primarily in quilted surfaces. I am constantly stimulated visually by my surroundings and curious about scenes that are unfolding, or what has come before. This allows me to see beauty in the mundane -- the details of architecture, the patterns in the sand, the tiny line of bubbles that remains as a wave recedes into the ocean. Sketching on location with ink and watercolor enables me to capture the essence of a place, time or experience, and to cement my memories in a way that taking a photograph does not achieve. Fabric and stitch, dye and paint are my tools for describing my observance of the world around me.
Selected Exhibitions and Honors
Wings and Water 2018 2nd place all media exhibition
‘Seascapes’ – Light Space & Time Online Gallery, November 2016 Special Merit
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXV, Hampton, VA 2014 Best Interpretation of Theme
Pacific West Quilt Show, Tacoma, WA 2012 Third Place
‘Journeys’: Fabrications Quilt Exhibition, Jacklin Arts Center, Post Falls, ID 2010 Best of Show
International Art Quilt Exhibition, Brigham City, UT 2019 invitational
SAQA ‘Connecting Our Natural Worlds’, Multiple Locations 2019-2022 juried
SAQA ‘Dusk to Dawn’, Multiple Locations 2018-2021 juried
National Fiber Directions, Wichita, KS 2015 juried
Sacred Threads, Herndon, VA 2015 juried
Publications: Fiber Art Now, Machine Quilting Unlimited, SAQA Journal