RAM ISLAND
Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade
2004 Dye painted on cotton, machine and hand stitched, fused metal foil
36 x 36 inches (45 x 46 inches framed)
Ram Island is an unspoiled, privately-owned, sixteen-acre island in Maine's Casco Bay, off Portland. Here the central painting of the island is surrounded by maritime signal flags, some of which also resemble quilt squares. Although the flags appear to be pieced, they are actually painted on the single piece of cotton broadcloth that makes up the quilt's surface.
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
