Meet The New Quilt Artist: Judy Hooworth

Name of Artwork: Creek Drawing #17

Since moving to the Lake Macquarie area in 2003, Judy’s work has been influenced and inspired by Dora Creek which flows near her home. During walks along its banks she has recorded her impressions with photographs, notes and drawings. She is interested in the patterns created by the movement of light on water and the colours and moods created by changes in the weather day by day. She is passionate about the preservation of the creek and its natural surrounds.

Judy’s quilts have been featured in books and magazines here and overseas and she has exhibited widely throughout Australia, USA, UK, Asia and Europe in solo and group exhibitions. She has won many awards and is represented in public and private collections in Australia, USA and UK, including the Powerhouse Museum, Tamworth Art Gallery, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Stanthorpe Art Gallery, Deakin Australia, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles USA, and the Museum of Arts and Design NY, USA.

Judy Hooworth online: Facebook  Instagram

The New Quilt, on exhibition at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW from 5 February – 11 April 2021. 

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