Mary Pal Designs

45 x 34 inches

$3,500

Hand-dyed cheesecloth sculpted with PVA adhesive, machine-stitched with monofilament thread to hand-painted cotton canvas; soft-mounted on felt

Reference photograph by Allen Matheson, with permission

36 x 46 inches

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Hand-dyed cheesecloth sculpted with PVA adhesive, machine-stitched with monofilament thread to hand-painted cotton canvas; soft-mounted on felt

First-place winner of People’s Choice award at Fibre Content exhibition at Art Gallery of Burlington, September 2018

Reference photograph by Neil A. Kingsbury, with permission

39 x 32 inches

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Hand-dyed cheesecloth sculpted with PVA adhesive, lutradur with burned edges, acrylic-painted cellulose fabric, machine-stitched with monofilament thread to cotton

Second-place winner of People’s Choice awards at Fibre Content exhibition at Art Gallery of Burlington, September 2018

Reference photograph by Edmondo Senatore, Italy, with permissioon

Photo: Ray Pilon

27 x 37 inches

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In response to the considerable interest in this piece, I created a limited edition series of 10 giclees (high-quality reproductions on canvas, mounted on gallery profile frames). This series has sold out.

Inkjet-printed and hand-painted organza squares overlaid with cheesecloth sculpted with PVA adhesive, machine-stitched with monofilament thread to cotton

Based on a photograph of Leonard Cohen by Chris Woods, Chicago, with permission

Photo: Ray Pilon

34 1/2 x 36 inches

$900

Aubrey Beardsley, from a digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program by Frederick H. Evans, photographer (British, 1853 – 1943) Gelatin silver print, negative 1894

Photo: Ray Pilon

24 x 34 inches

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Exhibited at Visions Art Museum, San Diego CA, October 15 2016 - January 8, 2017

Photo: Ray Pilon

41 x 30 inches

C$2000 (US$1600)

Exhibited at:

Art Quilt Elements, Wayne PA (2017)

Fiberart International, Pittsburgh PA (20171)

This piece is currently on hold for exhibition but if you are interested in purchasing it, contact me and I will let you know when it becomes available. Will be traveling with SAQA's exhibition: "Layered & Stitched: 50 Years of Innovative Art."

Reference photo by Billy Reeves, with permission

Photo: Ray Pilon

30 x 24 inches

Reference photo by Ron Watts, with permission

Soft-mounted on canvas with fabric sleeve

$1000

Currently being exhibited with SAQA My Corner of the World - Canada - exhibition

Photo: Ray Pilon

60 x 36 inches

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Originally created for "Expressions in Equality" exhibition in Visions Art Museum in San Diego in 2015, where it received the "Viewer's Choice" award.

Based on a photograph by Csaba Zoller

Photo: Ray Pilon

60 x 36 inches

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Originally exhibited in the Celebrating Silver exhibition at the International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX.  

Upcoming exhibitions:

International Quilt Festival, Chicago, Illinois, June 2015
Quilt! Knit! Stitch!, Portland, Oregon, August 2015
Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK in August 2016

Despite its connotation as a luxury item, we seldom consider how silver is obtained - through the arduous, dangerous work of mining ... especially back in 1907.

From a photo supplied generously by the Vale Mining Corporation.

Photo: Ray Pilon

24 x 20 inches

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Photo: Ray Pilon

24 x 20 inches

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30 x 24 inches

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Photo: Ray Pilon

24 x 20 inches

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Based on a photograph by Csaba Zoller.

Photo: Ray Pilon

24 x 20 inches

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Photo: Ray Pilon

24 x 20 inches

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Photo: Ray Pilon

24 x 30 inches

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Photo: Ray Pilon

18 x 24 inches

CAD 300

Based on a photo from The Globe and Mail , with permission

Photo: Ray Pilon

36 x 22 inches

$700

Premiered at the Radical Elements exhibition, at the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center in Maryland April 1 May 9th, 2014

Future exhibitions:

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, April - September, 2015.

Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Melbourne, Florida, May - August, 2016.

Photo: Ray Pilon

This is my donation to the Spotlight Auction at SAQA's 25th Anniversary conference in Washington, DC. Only 6.5 x 4.5 inches, mounted in a 6x8 inch mat.  Based on a photo by Rosalind Amorin. Now in the collection of Maureen Hendricks.

12 x 12 inches

SOLD September 9, 2013 in SAQA Benefit Auction

Based on a photo by Ron Watts, with permission

Photo: Ray Pilon 

24 x 18 inches

Based on a photo by John Beamish

NFS

Exhibited in the Metaphors on Aging exhibition:

Premiere Location: Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England, August 8 - 11, 2013
International Quilt Convention, Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 6-8, 2013

International Quilt Festival - Chicago, Illinois, June 20 - 22, 2014
Quilt! Knit! Stitch! - Portland, Oregon, August 13 - 16, 2014
Quilting Live!, Cobb Galleria, Atlanta, Georgia, September 11-13, 2014
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Fredericksburg, Virginia, October 2-4, 2014
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Overland Park, KS, October 9-11, 2014
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Fort Worth, TX, October 16-18, 2014
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Tinley Park, IL, November 20-22, 2014

Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Lakeland, FL – March 5, 6, 7, 2015
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Atlanta, GA – March 12, 13, 14, 2015
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Cleveland, OH – March 26, 27, 28, 2015
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Schaumburg, IL – April 9, 10, 11, 2015
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Worcester, MA – April 16, 17, 18, 2015
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Raleigh, NC – June 15, 16, 17, 2015

Photo: Ray Pilon

12 x 12 inches

Sold in SAQA 2012 Auction

Based on a photo by Clint Colbert, with permission

Photo: Ray Pilon

25 x 36 inches

$1200

Based on a photo by Leland Bobbe, with permission

Photo: Ray Pilon

34 x 24 inches

Based on a photo by Clint Colbert, with permission

CAD 1200

Most recently exhibited with the People & Portraits exhibition: 

International Quilt Festival - Houston, Texas,  2013
Texas Quilt Museum - La Grange, Texas, 2014
Festival of Quilts - Birmingham, U.K., August 2014

Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts in St. Bonaventure, NY, 2015
AQS Quilt Week, throughout USA, 2016
 

Photo: Ray Pilon

32 x 24 inches

Based on a photo by Clint Colbert, with permission

$1200

Exhibited with the People & Portraits exhibition: 

International Quilt Festival - Houston, Texas, 2013
Texas Quilt Museum - La Grange, Texas, 2014
Festival of Quilts - Birmingham, U.K., August 2014

Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts in St. Bonaventure, NY 2015
AQS Quilt Week, throughout US, 2016

Photo: Ray Pilon

44 x 33 inches

Based on a photo by Clint Colbert, with permission

CAD 1000

Photo: Ray Pilon

25 x 52 inches

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Photo: Ray Pilon

30 x 44 inches

Based on a photo by Diana Quintela, with permission

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Photo: Ray Pilon

24 x 20 inches

$1000

Based on a photo by Leon Pavich, with permission

Currently travelling with the Metaphors on Aging exhibition:

Premiere Location: Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England, August 8 - 11, 2013
International Quilt Convention, Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 6-8, 2013

International Quilt Festival - Chicago, Illinois, June 20 - 22, 2014
Quilt! Knit! Stitch! - Portland, Oregon, August 13 - 16, 2014
Quilting Live!, Cobb Galleria, Atlanta, Georgia, September 11-13, 2014
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Fredericksburg, Virginia, October 2-4, 2014
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Overland Park, KS, October 9-11, 2014
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Fort Worth, TX, October 16-18, 2014
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Tinley Park, IL, November 20-22, 2014

Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Lakeland, FL – March 5, 6, 7, 2015
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Atlanta, GA – March 12, 13, 14, 2015
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Cleveland, OH – March 26, 27, 28, 2015
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Schaumburg, IL – April 9, 10, 11, 2015
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Worcester, MA – April 16, 17, 18, 2015
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Raleigh, NC – June 15, 16, 17, 2015

Photo: Ray Pilon

20 x 16 inches

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Photo: Ray Pilon

20 x 16 inches

Based on a photo in The Ottawa Citizen , with permission

$400

Photo: Ray Pilon

23 x 34 inches

Based on a photo from the McCord Museum, Inuit man, Port Harrison, QC, 1920-21 by Bob Stewart

$750

Photo: Ray Pilon

28 x 22 inches

Based on a photo by Chalmers Butterfield, with permission

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Photo: Ray Pilon

12 x 12 inches

Based on a photo by Diana Quintela, with permission

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Photo: Ray Pilon

12 x 12 inches

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Photo: Ray Pilon

37 x 24 inches

$500

Based on a photo by Steve Ogle, this work highlights the ongoing struggle of environmentalists to preserve the wilderness of the grizzly habitat of Jumbo Glacier in BC’s Purcell Mountains.

50 x 39 inches

CAD 900

Based on a photograph by Janina Suuronen, this work pays homage to the history of our longstanding relationship with this noble beast.

Photo: Alan Mirabelli

24 x 18 inches

$600

Based on a photo by Margaret Bednar

Photo: Ray Pilon

24 x 20 inches

$600

Based on a photo by Margaret Bednar

Photo: Ray Pilon

Quadriptych 72 x 72 inches

CAD 2000

2013

Photo: Ray Pilon

Donated to International Crane Foundation

48 x 24 inches

Auction date September 28, 2013

18 x 18 inches

$450

28 x 12 inches

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11 x 9 inches

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24 x 18 inches

$400

9 x 22 inches

 $250

11 x 9 inches

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Dupioni silk, organza ribbon, acrylic-painted cotton.