Tanya Walker
Rest In The Spirit, 2023
Textiles, Embellishment Threads, Cotton Batting and Strips 4.5 feet by about 6 feet
In Cincinnati, between 1983 to about 1990, I enjoyed the Clifton Art Quilt Guild. Our goal was to be contemporary versus the perfect points of NGA. So we crazy patched art quilts. This is a nap quilt with scattered patches and panel from this era.
Tanya Walker
Genderized Exhaustions, 2004
Acrylic paints, mediums, beads, buttons, fibers, heavy duty canvas, thread embellishments 15 inches by 30 inches
This is one of a series, concerning the exhaustions of policing officers, and hypertensive issues with the Hilton Publishing Company. She is named ALICE, and my exhibit presented gender issues for working mothers.
Tanya Walker
In God We Trust, 2022
Textiles, Embellishment Threads, Cotton Batting and Strips Art panel about 5 width by 3 feet length
This is another art panel, of a larger art quilt related to my father's story on www.yarndance.com, stitched the last year of his life, as a former US Marine Chaplin. The support of our SDA meet up DEMOCRACY IN STITCHES inspired me to add this to my image gallery .
Tanya Walker
Pray USA, 2022
Textiles, Embellishment Threads, Cotton Batting and Strips This is a 2 by 2 feet art panel of a larger art quilt
"In God We Trust" is a large art quilt, stitched with my fathers voices, from his assistive living facilty the last year of his life. From a SDA Meet up, I discovered DEMOCRACY IN STITCHES, and decided to submit, post and share the story. This captures the spirit of my father's life in Jewish and Judeo-Christian worship and leadership as a US Marine at the end of WW2 and the Cold War. The full story is available on the www.yarndance.com website.
Tanya Walker
Perfect Peace Lettered Art Panel, 2024
Textiles, Embellishment Threads, Hobb Cotton Battings and Strips About 3 x 5 feet panel
My father, a US Marine Chaplin and Corporal, was my Hebrew Teacher, and bimizvah in the Jewish Ward of Cleveland, OHIO. "SHALOM" was a primary theme in our community and the Peace Prayers. I enjoy creating various Peace Art Quilts and Peace projects.
Tanya Walker
The Lettered Art Panel, “LOVE”, 2024
Textiles, Embellishment Threads, Hobb Cotton Battings and Strips About 3 x 5 feet panel
These are large letters for the word LOVE, related to my program plan with the Ohio Art Council, 2024-2025, for the "Cuddle Me Healing Pocket Art" program.
Tanya Walker
Soft Sculpture Art Panel, “Trust!”, 2023
Textiles, Embellishment Threads, cotton batting 5 feet in width, and about 2 feet in length
I enjoy lettering art panel with inspirational words or messages. I have experienced great exhibtions over the years of four generations of quiltmakers and textile artists in my family, art institutions, and community functions. .
Tanya Walker
Mr.Buttons Big Lies!, 2025
Acrylic paints, mediums, beads, buttons, fibers, heavy duty canvas, thread embellishments 20 x 30
Mr. Buttons has a big tongue busy with mischief from all types of lies! His lies are not buttoned up with truth! He represents the blogger, the email, the spasm caller, or creative social media clowns! I mixed acrylic paints, glossess, and textures to seal and create sculpture forms stitched and quilted onto a firm canvas frame. Mr. Buttons is a collaged sculpture that put humor and ethical thoughts of honest social media!
Tanya Walker
The Jesus Faith Pocket Art Quilt, 2020
Textiles, Cotton, Thread Arts 32 in x 65
This art quilt is shown at a small group presentation with the Springfield Chapter of the LINKS. It demonstrates the third and fourth generation of my matriach textile art and quilt makers, and the unique POCKET concept. This small group exhibition and presentation is an outreach and project supported by the Ohio Arts Council, for my program with surface design art surfaces and pocket arts.
Tanya Walker
Blue Jean Betty’s Breast Cancer Recovery, 2004
Acrylic Gloss, Beads, Canvs Frame, Cotton, Textiles, Thread Arts, Fibers, Molding Pastes 18 width x 36 length x 2-3 inches dimensions
Betty is one of the soft sculpted "Poverty Bucket Sistahs," stitched and molded onto a professional grade linen art canvas. She was created in my role as a Community Artist with the City of Cincinnati Enterprise program, after my Vermont Studio Residency period. It was inspirational art, collaborated with PATTERNS, a support group for African American women surviving breast cancers in the Cincinnati area. Progam
