A GENTLE TAKEOFF Radka Donnell
2008 Cotton. Hand and machine pieced, machine quilted.
78 x 61 inches
Radka Donnell says that when she looks at fabric prints, she reacts to the differing enlargements and diminutions, seeking a fixed point. “But fortunately I don’t find it. In front of quilts especially I surrender to the magic of vision and touch set in motion.”
Top left: NEO Buddha by Susan Shie (detail). Collection of John M. Walsh III.
Top right: Paxton Study II by Pauline Burbidge (detail). Private collection, UK.
Bottom left and right: Toward Barred Island (detail) by Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade
