Fiber Art Master Works in Central California

Jeff Sanders’ “Earth View II” draws visitors in to the beautifully curated Fiber Art Master Works exhibition at Fresno Art Museum, summer 2016.

Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo with her “Three Mongolians” at the Fiber Art Master Works opening, May 20, 2016 at the Fresno Art Museum.

Textile masterpieces by Michael Rohde, John Nava, Patti Handley, Audrey Sanders, Robin Clark, and Joan Schulze impress with color, texture, and meaning at Fiber Art Master Works, May 20 thru Aug 28, 2016 at the Fresno Art Museum.

Textile masterpieces by Michael Rohde, Patti Handley, and Michelle Kingdom impress with color, texture, and meaning at Fiber Art Master Works, May 20 thru Aug 28, 2016 at the Fresno Art Museum. Through the doorway on the left, you can glimpse Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo’s “Buddha Shakyamuni and the Six Supports” attracting exhibition visitors’ curiosity and fascination with its intricacy.

Michael Rohde shows the vivid potential of natural dyes in this weaving at Fiber Art Master Works, Fresno Art Museum. The former bio-chemist dyes his own yarns before setting his loom and weaving by hand.

This Navajo weaving by Martha Smith recalls the New York skyline, complete with Twin Towers, before disaster struck on September 11, 2001. Fresno Art Museum, Fiber Art Master Works, May 20 to Aug 28, 2016.

Jeff Sanders’ gently curved “Full Moon” holds a wall of its own and glows with perfect lighting at Fiber Art Master Works, Fresno Art Museum, May 20 to Aug 28, 2016.

Michelle Kingdom’s poignant embroideries are the only small pieces in the Fiber Art Master Works show. Their intimacy is touches deep. In the background, we see Ramekon O’Arwisters crochet work. Fresno Art Museum, May 20 to Aug 28, 2016

A variety of surfaces by Patti Handley, Audrey Sanders, Robin Clark, and Joan Schulze show the remarkably diverse potential of fiber at Fiber Art Master Works, May 20 thru Aug 28, 2016 at the Fresno Art Museum.

Two of my favorite pieces at Fiber Art Master Works: Lia Cook’s “Traces Past” (shown next to her “Doll Face”) and Michael Rohde’s “From My House to Your Homeland.” Exhibition runs May 20 thru Aug 28, 2016 at the Fresno Art Museum.

The artistic power and diversity of weaving by Michael Rohde, John Nava, and Patti Handley at Fiber Art Master Works, May 20 thru Aug 28, 2016 at the Fresno Art Museum.

Crochet creativity by Ramekon O’Arwisters at Fiber Art Master Works, May 20 thru Aug 28, 2016 at the Fresno Art Museum.

The unexpected power of ordinary materials (canvas, wood, and chicken wire) in this work by Audrey Sanders at Fiber Art Master Works, Fresno Art Museum, May 20 to Aug 28, 2016.

Traditional and contemporary works in Tibetan Appliqué by Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo at Fiber Art Master Works, Fresno Art Museum, May 20 to Aug 28, 2016.

Detail of the textural quality of Buddha Appliqué by Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo at Fiber Art Master Works, Fresno Art Museum, May 20 to Aug 28, 2016.

Detail of the haunting depth of “Traces Past” by Lia Cook at Fiber Art Master Works, Fresno Art Museum, May 20 to Aug 28, 2016.