Historical information

Acquired by the Patchwork Group after the 1987 Patchwork exhibition.
Susan Denton started making quilts in 1979, after finding a book on patchwork in a local library.
Susan was born in England and arrived in Australia in 1973 after travelling overland through Asia. she and her husband returned to England in 1988.

Significance

"Colour foremost and pattern secondly are the tow aspects which have continually preoccupied me. Quilt making is the way I express what I feel"

Physical description

This triptych is the final piece in the "Reef Series". It is a celebration of colours, complexity and fragility of the Great Barrier Reef. Each piece is tapering from the top left to bottom right in predominantly blues.

Inscriptions & markings

Susan Denton 1987