The day before we left Savannah to begin
this grand adventure, I was at a juried quilt show where a group of
Nebraska-inspired art quilts by Dorothy Heideman-Nelson captivated me. Now
that we are in Nebraska, I can appreciate even more how well her artwork and
her artist’s statement capture the spare beauty of the landscape.
Nebraska
Winter Cornfield
“What is more mesmerizing than watching
the moving vanishing point formed from the straight rows of a cornfield when
driving down the Interstate 80? You
catch the flickering pattern even with your peripheral vision. The impeccably
straight lines are evident from the first leaves breaking through the soil in
spring to the stubble remaining during the cold winter months. Drifts of snow catch on the remaining stalks
and against fence posts: precious
moisture for the next year’s crop.”
Dorothy
Heideman-Nelson
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