Elaine O’Neil artist

One of the things that has given me the most joy in moving to a totally new environment is the ability to make new friends. More than the ability there is also, for me, the need to do this, as I find myself wanting to share the things that interest and motivate me.  Of course I have made so many new friends on line through this blog, but the community in which I live, here in North Carolina, has become more important than I could have imagined.

Each fall we have an artists studio tour sponsored by the Orange County Artists Guild ….. and that is how I met
Elaine O’Neil.

Take a look at two (of many) of her textile collages:

 You can read all about Elaine and “her story” on her website.

Elaine calls herself a “textile collage artist.”  She certainly is that, but she is so much more. Having met Elaine in her house where her studio is located, I knew I wanted to see more and really talk to her. So a few months later I called […]