Featured Artist Sachiko Quinn

Enjoy the serene and lovely batik portfolio of fiber artist Sachiko Quinn. See more of her work by visiting her website.

 

 

I have been a practicing batik artist for over 15 years. My early artistic focus was on oil painting when I lived in Japan and in the first few years in Oregon.

 

 

However, when I traveled to Bali and encountered various batik artists, I was impressed with the fine art potential of this medium.

 

 

For the past years, my work has evolved through experimentation.

 

 

I enjoyed the fragile texture on silk created by the batik technique, but there was a line that I could not cross to express greater depth and detail.

 

 

It was a breakthrough for greater aesthetic expression and potential when I started to add another medium, acrylic.

 

 

The foundation of each of my pieces is an intricate design created through the multiple-step wax resist method inherent to batik.

 

 

What I do next with acrylic applications after I mount the newly created batik onto a canvas is what really makes my work unique.

 

 

My artistic inspirations arise from exposure to the natural world mostly here in the Pacific Northwest and in my native Japan.

 

 

I seek out scenes of tranquility and attempt to create a therapeutic distillate from these settings in my art.

 

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