Mary Beth Bellah

My work is multi-facetted in its presentation and serves as a polemic device for challenging conventional understandings of tradition and innovation. The inexorably structural pieces ironically rebel against the rigid notion of what a quilt is and seek to broaden preconceptions which root us in one spot. I am fascinated by the process of assembling small, individually insignificant units together to create a collective, overpowering whole. The individual's relationship to and place in time frequently finds voice in my work.

Defined by Loves
©2008
18"H x 24"W x 3"D

Bellah-Defined-by-Loves

Happy in My Black and White World?
©2008
24"H x 18"W x 4.5"D

Bellah-Happy-BW-World

Rising Water
©2006
28"H x 48"W x 38"D

Bellah-Rising-Water

Rising Water
(Detail)

Bellah-Rising-Water-detail

Second Wave
©2005
36"H x 46"W x 10"D

Bellah-Second-Wave