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Jean Ray Laury

1928-2011

CA

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  1. Sojourner Truth by Jean Ray Laury, Image 1.

    Jean Ray Laury

    Sojourner Truth, 1985

    Cotton

    42.25 x 26.25 in (107.32 x 66.68 cm)

Jean Ray Laury is a freelance designer, quilter, and writer with one-woman, and group shows at museums, galleries and universities across the country. Her quilts are in both private and museum collections. She was one of the first fine artists to move to quilting as a medium of choice in the late 1950s. Her quilts followed neither traditional method nor pattern; they were bold, modern, colorful collages, often laced with humor and satire.

Along with quilting, workshops, and lectures, Jean has an avid interest in folk arts and crafts, reading, cooking, (eating), and hiking. She and her husband Frank (retired from California State University Fresno) lived near a creek in the Sierra foothills.

Jean has written numerous books about quilt making. Her teaching and lecturing have taken her world wide --- from Japan and Australia to Belgium, France, Norway, Austria, and South Africa.

Born in Doon, Iowa