Color Wheel of Emotions

Color Wheel of Emotions was an exhibit at the Denver show curated by Carol R. Eaton for the Studio Arts Quilts Associates or SAQA.  The program states: "Cultures universally associate colors with emotions using them to describe a mood or express a feeling.  Anthropologists and businesses alike hypothesize about the role colors play within a community and how to anticipate a reaction.  In contemporary society a person may be feeling blue or turn green with envy.  Red is often associated with strength while yellow is a happy color.  These works were designed to convey a sense of emotion or feeling expressed by the artists."
Healing I by Melisse Laing. She created this quilt while recovering from back surgery and it is quilted in circles to represent the cycle of great pain, to healing, to minor pain, to recovery.

 Birch Grove by Ann Loveless

She said her emotions are always lifted when she walks through a Northern Michigan birch tree grove in autumn.

 Sunrise, Sunset by Melody Randol

"Something magical occurs when water and sunlight converge."

Units 32: Jazzy Blues by Benedicte Caneill

"This piece uses color and pattern to create visual texture and rhythm.... warm colors sparkle within the blues."

 Squared Illusion 6 by Gloria Hansen

She says, "While making this piece I went through the hot excitement of the idea to the cold reality of working through the various difficulties in getting the concept to creation.  If those emotions were colors, mine ran the full gamut."

I REALLY like this quilt.  It was one of my favorites in the show.  Take a look at the detail photo of the quilting below.  Very artistic and it must have been very difficult to create.  Most of these quilts were for sale but this one was not!  I can see why.  I've since seen it in a magazine.

Fireworks Flowers Ninepatch by Charlotte Ziebarth

She says, "The heat and excitement of the ultra-bright colors of fireworks reminds me of the hot colors and forms of exotic tropical flowers."

Synchronicity by Louisa Smith

She says, "The precise placement of each color is vital to me so that those colors constantly interact with each other to create depth, and not only with the colors adjacent, but also with the colors underneath. After all, color is what draws the viewers in and gets them emotionally involved with the piece."