Western Red Cedar by Judy Leslie

18" x 46"   © 2022   $650

This stylized representation of a Western Red Cedar is a tribute to the history of the Pacific Northwest Coast indigenous peoples. They referred to themselves as "people of the red cedar" because of their extensive dependence on these trees for basic materials when constructing housing , totem poles and huge canoes.

Techniques: Hand-dyed cotton sateen and pima cottons by artist; machine pieced and machine quilted