Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Have Bike . . . Will Travel Part 2

So here is "Have Bike.....Will Travel" for the Mary Kerr challenge, "Dare to Dance: An Artist's Interpretation of Joy. . . "




Photo by Kyle Gula


 

Artist Statement
Our tandem took my husband and I places I never thought possible. From the backroads and trails of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania and the thoroughfares between the Western Canyons, to the French countryside, I enjoyed every trip as “stoker” on our tandem.  And to those who called out “she isn’t pedaling”… oh, yes, she was!  Until my husband’s stroke, we logged over 20,000 miles on that bike. The road displays the places we traveled and the quilting provides more memories of the time we spent on our tandem…pure joy! I’ve wanted to make a quilt representing this stage of my life, so thank you, Mary Kerr, for creating this challenge!
P.S. Thanks to Bob Diehl for permitting me to use his tandem design for this piece.

2 comments:

IHaveANotion ~ Kelly Jackson said...

Absolutely beautiful! Little did I know I just had to go to the next post on my reader to see the pix. I know the joy of cycling and I love your piece. Great job!

Smiles,
Kelly

KathyE said...

Thanks, again, Kelly.
You see the world differently from the seat of a bike. I learned to appreciate nature so much more.