Hollis Chatelain - Textile Artist

Many people ask me what I am working on, where my work is being exhibited and how I am spending my time. This is a new addition to the website that will be updated monthly with the latest things that are happening in my life.

July arrived before I was aware. I totally missed the beginning of the month because I was so involved in painting my latest piece.

The month of June was a time of recovery and getting back into the studio. Our youngest daughter graduated from high school June 8th. Then we finally went back to normal life after all the celebrations for both our daughters.

Enclosed you will find the July newsletter. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me.

I finished painting a new commission piece about the Tuaregs and am now quilting it. The Tuareg people are nomads who live in West Africa. They traditionally carried the goods from North Africa to sub-Saharan Africa on their camels. With the tremendous droughts that have struck Africa in the last 20 years, many nomads have been forced to settle down because they have lost their beautiful herds. Theirs is a lifestyle that is disappearing. This piece is blue and has imagery typical of the Tuareg traditions. Click here to see it just as I finished painting it.

The work for “Antiques to Abstracts” is coming together. Two pieces are completely finished and five others are pieced. Click here to see the two that are finished.

June 23-25^th I taught for the North Cities Quilt Guild in Placentia, California. This was such a nice guild! The students were so enthusiastic and easy to work with, we had a great time together.

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC has invited me to do a solo exhibit October 5, 2007 – January 19th, 2008. The exhibit will be called “Antiques to Abstracts” and will show 15 abstract pieces based on photographs of antiques that my son took. Click here for more information.

We now have giclee prints of “The Grandfather”, “Sahel”, “The Gift”, "Ecuadorian Girls", "Precious Water", "Fatima’s Son", "School: It’s Never Too Late to Learn"," Nature’s Gift", "Blue Men", "Burkinabe Mother" and "Untold Secrets", and they are all beautiful. click here to check out all the prints.

All of the threads that I designed for Superior Threads are for sale on the website. They are sold in packs of 25 because I have found that quilters use threads in a more unique and exciting way when they have the opportunity to “audition” a number of different colors (just like we do with fabrics) before making their final choices. Click here

We have a secure system where you can order thread, fabric, prints and my artwork directly on line and pay by credit card or Pay Pal.