Clover Kemp
KELP, 2026
Screen printed cotton with procion dyes, appliquéd commercial fabric, machine quilted 43"Hx43.5"W
I am exploring an underwater cathedral illustrating the flowing ocean flora living in relatively shallow waters close to the shore.
Clover Kemp
CITY BUILDING REFLECTIONS DYPTICH, 2024
Screen printed with proaction dyes, photographs printed on silk organza, 4x4 wound dressing gauze, embroidery floss, variegated threads 24"Hx12"W
When you view sterile city skyscrapers they may seem to be angular, hard edged & uninteresting. But at different times of the day, they become alive with shadows, texture & organically expressive with the weather and time changes.
Clover Kemp
RIVER ROCKS, 2026
A whole piece of commercial cotton fabric with pierced inserted rocks shapes, embroidery floss with stitch marking to reflect the water flowing across and around river rocks 49"Hx40"W
With my stitch marks I create a sense of dynamic life within a stationary image - how water swirls, eddies and washes over the rocks.
Clover Kemp
INDIGO SHIBORI COLLAGE, 2023
dyed indigo shibori, with commercial fabric and hand painted, stamped fabric 45"Hx38"W
My intent is to highlight the indigo Shibori. With variegated threads, I emphasized the unpredictable resulting shapes.
Clover Kemp
SEEING RED PAREIDOLIA, 2023
commercial fabric, variegated cotton & wool thread. Techniques used are machine piecing, bias tape appliqué, & quilting. 55.5"x55.5"
Pareidolia=the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern. This art piece is a homage to the quilting process. I wanted the viewer to see shapes out of randomness. I used a cubist style of breaking up and reassembling objects into an abstract form. Irregular pentagon tessellating blocks have been combined to reveal a geometric star polygon and cubes. I used colored bias tape, variegated threads and a variety of red colored fabrics to perceive specific images in a random or ambiguous visual pattern.
Clover Kemp
WIND @ 32.04 degrees South 112.9 degrees West on July 7, 2022 @1307, 2022
Commercial Cotton, Variegated Thread, machine pieced and quilted 65"Hx50"W
Wind is the movement of air. I was fascinated with the animated map of global weather conditions at earth.nullschool.net website, illustrating wind is a powerful energy source in our world. I used a screenshot at a particular place & time as inspiration for my art piece.
Clover Kemp
WATER: RIVER BANK, 2025
Curtain drape, Reconstructed cut up quilt made from of commercial fabric 18.5"Hx16.5"W
I reimagined my original landscape quilt by cutting it up and reconstructing it, focusing on texture & movement.
Clover Kemp
WATER: REFLECTIONS, 2025
Screen printed cotton with procion dyes, machine pieced and quilted 25.5"Hx35"W
I am capturing the interplay of light, color and distorted images on water surfaces to emphasize movement, depth and an energetic mood.
Clover Kemp
TOKYO AT NIGHT, 2026
Screen printed cotton with procion dyes, sashiko Hanmaru-Tsunagi machine quilted pattern, machine appliquéd kanji symbols for Toyko, glass tube beads 33"Hx20.5"W
Sashiko Hanmaru-Tsunagi pattern, kanji symbols for Toyko
Clover Kemp
SEED PODS, 2025
Screen printed cotton with procion dyes, machine quilted. I focused on lines, organic shapes and color to portray the architectural nature & environmental connection of seed pods. Pods protect & nurture seeds until they are dispersed- containers of life & potential. The purposely chosen hues suggest growth & vitality. 32"Hx20"W
I focused on lines, organic shapes and color to portray the architectural nature & environmental connection of seed pods. Pods protect & nurture seeds until they are dispersed- containers of life & potential. The purposely chosen hues suggest growth & vitality.
