Ode to Kindah Khalidy

I love to collect colorful prints on white backgrounds but they tend to languish in my stash. I challenged myself to use them together in a quilt, experimenting with the various scales and densities of the patterns to see if I could create contrast despite the shared background. As I chopped and rearranged the fabrics, the resulting shapes reminded me of the bright and joyful paintings of Kindah Khalidy, one of my favorite artists. So I’ve named this one after her. The wool ties move in a quarter arc rainbow across the entire surface, adding another fun layer of color and shapes.

Ode to Kindah Khalidy, 2023

Ode to Kindah Khalidy, detail

Ode to Kindah Khalidy, detail

Ode to Kindah Khalidy, detail

Ode to Kindah Khalidy, detail

Ode to Kindah Khalidy, back

Ode to Kindah Khalidy, label

Measures approximately 73” square. Photos by Mitch Hopper.