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From San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

  1. Chain Link by Kerby Smith, Image 1.

    Kerby Smith

    Chain Link, 2012

    Canvas, archival pigment ink, cotton backing, grommets, whole cloth fused connected with metal rings

    32 x 24 in (81.28 x 60.96 cm)

  2. Broken Fence by Lesley Joan Riley, Image 1.

    Lesley Joan Riley

    Broken Fence, 2010

    Cotton

    72 x 83 in (182.88 x 210.82 cm)

  3. Flight Plan by Janet Steadman, Image 1.

    Janet Steadman

    Flight Plan, 2006

    Cotton

    48 x 51 in (121.92 x 129.54 cm)

  4. Full Fathom Five by Emily Richardson, Image 1.

    Emily Richardson

    Full Fathom Five, 2001

    Linen, silk, cotton, acrylic paint

    61 x 31 in (154.94 x 78.74 cm)

  5. Waves #4 by Etsuko Takahashi, Image 1.

    Etsuko Takahashi

    Waves #4, 1998

    Cotton

    78 x 78 in (198.12 x 198.12 cm)

  6. Where the Grass Grows Tall by Constance Scheele, Image 1.

    Constance Scheele

    Where the Grass Grows Tall, 1991

    cotton

    37 x 84 in (93.98 x 213.36 cm)

  7. Heaven and Earth by Jane A. Sassaman, Image 1.

    Jane A. Sassaman

    Heaven and Earth, 1991

    cotton and blended fabrics

    64 x 64 in (162.56 x 162.56 cm)

  8. Eva's Dream by Deidre Scherer, Image 1.

    Deidre Scherer

    Eva's Dream, 1987

    Cotton

    26.75 x 32.75 x 0.25 in (67.95 x 83.19 x 0.64 cm)

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About the artist

Lura Schwarz Smith

Lura Schwarz Smith has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art, emphasis in painting and drawing, from San Francisco State University. She has been producing textile art and mixed media since 1975, originally showing in California galleries throughout the 70s and 80s. Since the 90s she has shown art quilts and received awards at national and international quilt shows. One of her art quilts was named one of the “100 Best American Quilts of the 20th Century.

Over the past years, Lura has turned her focus to oils and pastels, exploring both realistic and more abstract and fractured approaches. Exploring the imagination and inner life through figurative art is a primary interest.