Margaret Abramshe has been working in the arts for 40 years. A career artist and educator, she earned a degree in Art Education from Florida International University and a Master’s in Visual Art from the University of Northern Colorado.

Margaret currently devotes her time to being a studio artist working with textiles, art, painting, and mixed media. Her artwork has been juried into National and International exhibitions. She accepts commissions to create work from clients' photographs.

Margaret's Process

Process: Beginning with a small original composition created from physical and digital layers, the work is printed commercially in larger format on linen cotton canvas.

When the fabric arrives in the studio, the surface is painted in layers of glazed water soluble mediums. The process allows for the printed image to be altered to improve the overall composition. The surface is further embellished with hand carved stamps, collage, and drawing on its surface.

In the final stage, the painted canvas is layered like a quilt with non-woven batting, and densely woven backing fabric. Using a sewing machine, stitching creates a contour drawing and surface patterns with colored thread ..All the raw edges are finished by hand. The soft canvas floats on a support slat from the wall.