THE Gloucester Gallery will host an exhibition titled “Collage In Cloth” featuring the quilts of Elizabeth Maxwell from July 16 to August 10.
The exhibition is curated by her close friend and fellow artist Kylie Goldthorpe.
Before retiring to Barrington, Elizabeth Maxwell worked as a clinical psychologist and an English literature teacher.
After retirement, she joined the Mid Coast Quilters group, where she honed her craft and pursued her artistic passion.
Like many women, Elizabeth utilised the sewing skills she had developed over a lifetime, along with the familiar medium of textiles, to create her art.
Elizabeth made quilts primarily to wrap around people, for use on beds, sofas and chairs.
She preferred hand quilting, as it produced a very soft and easily wrapped textile.
She crafted numerous quilts with the Quilters group, which were donated to charities and hospitals in the local area and Newcastle.
In 2016, Elizabeth was invited to exhibit her quilts at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery, where she held a successful solo exhibition titled Variation on a Theme of Strings.
In this exhibition, Elizabeth expressed her interest in textile-making, stating that she used techniques not typically associated with traditional quilting.
According to material from the Maitland Gallery, Elizabeth found that “the imperfect was the most interesting of all”.
Elizabeth passed away in 2022, and due to the COVID pandemic, her family held a private funeral.
Kylie Goldthorpe proposed the idea of an exhibition of Elizabeth’s work to her daughters, who were delighted.
“We all agreed it was a fitting way to honour her creativity and life, allowing her many friends in Gloucester to come together for a memorial,” Kylie said.
“The Gloucester Art Gallery is a very popular and heavily booked exhibition venue, and we are thrilled to finally have the opportunity to showcase Elizabeth’s work.”
The opening of the exhibition will take place at the Gloucester Gallery on Saturday, July 26, at 1:30pm.
By Wendy BUSWELL
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