Dorothy Caldwell Silent Ice Deep Patience @ AGP 4

Dorothy Caldwell Flying Over Salt Lakes, 2013; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014

Flying Over Salt Lakes is the fifth and last of the family-of-five earth ochre textiles. The white ochre on black cloth resembles discharged fabric.

Dorothy Caldwell Flying Over Salt Lakes detail, 2013; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014

Dorothy combines fine and chunky stitching and couched lines to great effect. The stitching is exuberant, deeply sensitive, and intuitive. 

Dorothy Caldwell Flying Over Salt Lakes detail, 2013; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014

The earth ochre textiles are a departure, as they are void of her usual screen-printed marks. They are all about line and texture. Dorothy's calm, quiet presence are embedded in these sensitive textiles. 

All photos were taken with permission from Dorothy Caldwell and the fine staff of the Art Gallery of Peterborough.