above: detail from “Prairie Roots Run Deep”
Eileen Doughty's specialty is creating landscape art quilts. She founded Doughty Designs in 1991 and has been creating commissioned custom, heirloom quilts and textile art ever since.
I love the concept of "place" and so my preferred subject matter is the landscape. Over the years I have created a broad range of work from bed quilts to wall hangings, postcard size to mural size, traditional to abstract, and wearables. I also teach and lecture on various aspects of quilting.
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"Grand Canyon Survivor" (below) is my donation to the One Foot Square art quilt auction for Studio Art Quilt Associates. I painted the fabrics and thread-painted the tree and shrubs. The scene was inspired by our family trip to this majestic park last year.
I have been awarded a Margaret M Conant Grant, and a William A. Strauss fellowship. I will be exploring making three-dimensional thread sculptures with the funds.
One of my art quilts has been selected to be in the new "The Sky's the Limit" exhibition, starting at International Quilt Market and Festival, this fall. Sorry, exhibition rules are that I can't show the quilt on my website, so hope you can go see it in person!