Quilts to Camp Erin, Portland

Just dropped off three of my quilts to Camp Erin, Providence Portland's grief camp for kids.

Check Out the Gallery114 Virtual Exhibit TEXT/ILE

I have a piece in Gallery 114's virtual exhibit TEXT/ILE up through the month of June 2020. Check it out.

Codices

c 2020

Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Hoddick Photography

Quilts to Brighten Safe Choice Shelter in Vancouver

 In February, 10 quilts went to the YWCA Safe Choice Shelter in Vancouver, Washington.

This quilt was pieced by Joan in Anchorage.

This one is by Pat S. in Anchorage.

This is a group quilt from several folks in Oregon and Washington.

And this one is from Rosie in Anacortes.

The others are mine. I'm stuck on scrap log cabins and square-within-a-squares.

Bonnie's Solo Show, Personal Landscapes, Opens in San Diego January 18, 2020

Personal Landscapes: A Visual Travelogue

Bonnie M. Bucknam

January 18 - April 5, 2020

Visions Art Museum

2825 Dewey Road, Suite 100

San Diego, California 92106

619.546.4872

Hours : Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm

Sunday Noon - 4pm

Bonnie will be having a solo exhibit at the Visions Art Museum in San Diego. The opening and artist reception is January 18 between 5 and 8pm (exact opening time not known at the time of this post). The exhibit closes April 5, 2020. Catalogs are available at the Museum Gift Shop.

Bonnie writes: 

The anthropologist in me is fascinated by other cultures. And as someone who has always been interested in geology and the history of the earth, I love seeing the variations in terrain and the spectacular shows created by natural earth processes. I create landscape and abstract works inspired by the places I have lived and the exotic countries I have visited. I try to convey my response to the character and essence of these places, the people I have visited, and the creations of cultures that have come before. My works are created from my hand-dyed fabrics. I usually compose my pieces using an improvisational style and design on the wall. Some of the piecing is quite difficult and time consuming. I have a longarm sewing machine, which makes the close machine quilting feasible and the quilting process enjoyable.

​

I consider myself a beginner at painting. I have experimented with acrylics and with oil and cold wax. My first few paintings for this series I undertook as color studies for the quilts I wanted to make. Over the course of working on this concept, some of the paintings have developed to be works in their own right. Recently I have been working more with oil and cold wax. I feel it suits my style and hope to develop my expertise in the medium.

​

In my Personal Landscapes works I have been exploring the effect of the medium on the outcome of the work. I have started with a photograph, mostly taken on my travels, and then created a painting and also a quilt inspired by the photo. I find my interpretations to be quite different in mood, size, format, and degree of abstraction, depending on the medium. The Personal Landscapes series began, unbeknownst to me, with my Reflection quilt in 2008. I have explored this idea of interpreting personal landscapes in the years since. The experiment is ongoing.

1000 Palms Oasis

c 2016 Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey 

Paper Reed

c 2019 Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Hoddick Photography

Holding Back the Sahara

c 2019 Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Hoddick Photography

Material Matters at The Cave in Vancouver, Washington

Material Matters
Work from the Vancouver Surface Design Association
The Cave
108 E. Evergreen
Vancouver, Washington 98660
artatthecave.com
360-314-6506
Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday, 10am-4pm
December 5 - 28, 2019

The exhibit includes fiber pieces from six members of the local Vancouver chapter of the Surface Design Association: , Mary Arnold, Bonnie Bucknam, Donna Joslyn, Sally Sellers, Sharon Svec, and Marie Murphy Wolfe. Work include several techniques: beading, quilting, shabori dye, photo printing and spray painting, basketry, and book making.

Red Lightning

c Bonnie Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey

Canopy

c Bonnie Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey

Sticks and Stones

c Bonnie Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey

 The Installation at The Cave:

Watch the YouTube Video of Contemporaneo

Contemporaneo-Contemporary: Art Quilt from the U.S. and Brazil 

U.S. Quilts by Members of the Contemporary QuiltArt Association, Washington

I have three quilts in this exhibit of quilts from the Contemporary QuiltArt Association in Washington and Brazil: Bridge Controversy, Tumble, and Sea Cave. Two of the three have shown at any one venue. The show was selected by Zeca Madeiros and organized and managed by Cathy Erickson.
Watch the YouTube video from the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky.

Tumble

c Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey

Bridge Controversy

c Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey

Sea Cave

c Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey

Recent Donations

This quilt, Cherry Bark Maple, was a group effort by myself, a friend from Oregon, and Pat S. from Alaska. It was donated to the SCADdle Run for the benefit of the SCAD (Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection) Research Foundation.

Independence, by Pat and Melinda of Anchorage, was donated to the local Vancouver Quilts of Valor project.

These last 5 quilts were donated to Hopes and Dreams Quilts for ALS to be distributed to be distributed to patients with Lou Gehrig's disease.

Block Party was composed by Mary and Jill of Vancouver and Portland.

This quilt, Licorice Sticks, was donated by Joan B. of Anchorage.

And these last 3 are mine. I made those colorful geometric blocks in the first quilt with my son's kindergarten class. He is now 33! About time to be rid of these.

Thanks to all for your generous work!