Hello Neighbors, Excavations, Art Quilts to Mine the Soul is currently on Exhibit at Abyssinia LLC Gallery of Art, Gifts and Home Accents. 6010 Penn Circle South (next to Kelly's) East Liberty.The Exhibit will run through the summer . Please note all the activities surrounding this exhibit. In Addition Check out our Mother Day Specials!!! Artist Talk Friday May 26, 2006 Artist Talk- Discussion on quilts with Cathleen Richardson Bailey- Quilt Artist Time:6:30-7:30 Reception following the talk Cathleen Richardson Bailey shares an Exhibition of her latest work. Bailey's quilts and artist books manifest as bursts of color, passion and social commentary.Excavations will run through November 2006 May 14th - Abyssinia LLC Gallery of Art, Gifts and Home Accents is having a 10% to 40% off Sale on select items to make room for new shipment. Happy Mother's Day.Take advantage of this sale and give the gift of art this mother's day. We have plenty that will fit the occasion. www.abyssinia-art.com Go to the Gallery page to get a sneak preview of some of Cathleen Richardson Bailey's work. The following is an Expression by the Artist. Every artist has access to a conglomeration of energy. Call it divine help, the Muse, Spirit, Ancestor. Call them God. The important thing is to call them, and listen when they speak. Over the years, I?ve learned that an artist?s body of work is already completed. The pieces wait in the wings for artists to listen, to catch up, to realize potential. My quilts manifest as bursts of color, passion and sometimes, social commentary, set on backdrops of irregular squares, ovals and rectangles. The pages in my artist books never match; they lean forward or aft and speak about snatches of life. The imperfection in design is the discovery of the quilt or artist book, and sometimes I forget what I?ve learned; revert to thinking the progression of a piece is solely my invention. Struggle sets in. I rummage around, search for the means to a so-called perfect quilt, or book pages with sharp, defined edges. I manipulate and strategize. Waste time. Then, it occurs to me. I should be sitting quietly. I should be listening. I think an artist listening makes God smile. Cathleen Richardson Bailey May 2006