Dorothy Caldwell
Fertile Spot, 2001
Cotton, thread, dye
Stitched, appliquéd, resist-dyed, discharge-dyed (color removed)
Collection of Diane and Marc Grainer
Photo courtesy of Snyderman-Works Galleries

Dorothy Caldwell, winner of Canada’s prestigious Prix Saidye Bronfman Award in 1990, replicates and expands on the beauty of the patterns made by a farmer’s plow in a field near her house. She explores the intersection of man and nature.