Susan Brubaker Knapp
Susan Brubaker Knapp makes fiber art that celebrates the miraculous details of nature, and that explores environmental, political and social issues that affect our world. Most of her work is realistic in style, and starts with original photos of the subjects, or her drawings based on them.
She uses two primary techniques — wholecloth painting and fused appliqué — and often heavily free-motion thread sketches the surface before quilting. Susan is also an author, teacher, and host of "Quilting Arts TV." Her work has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally, and is in private and public collections. She is a Juried Artist Member of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
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Midnight in the Garden
Size: 57'' x 49''
The decision to bear children was, for me, partly a decision that humanity was worth continuing. These days, I’m not so sure. As a mother, I yearn for my children – all children – to live in a world of beauty and peace (represented by the flowers at the bottom). But our world is filled with horrors, too.
Wars and genocide; government corruption; the influence of neo-Nazis and white supremacists; degradation of civil rights, human rights, women’s rights and voting rights; school shootings; poisoning of our water, air and land; and environmental catastrophes brought on by man-made climate change.
What will we choose for our children and their descendants as the clock strikes midnight?