Quilt - Applique Patterns with Border c. 1936

Lily Capson’s "Quilt - Applique Patterns with Border" is an artwork made somehow, somewhere, sometime... Looking at this, I see a constellation of red and green stars on a white background. It seems that Lily started with a clear vision, carefully arranging each piece, maybe spending hours cutting and stitching. I can imagine her thinking about her family, or even just the simple pleasure of creating something beautiful and useful with her hands. The overall effect feels both homespun and kind of visionary. The quilting reminds me a bit of some of the early American folk art I've seen. There's a similar directness and simplicity, but also this amazing sense of rhythm and pattern. It's like Lily was tapping into some deep, collective understanding of color and form. What would she think of my paintings? Would we have anything in common? We artists are always in conversation with one another, across time and space.