Design Concept

Divergence was made in response to an art challenge. A black and white photo by German photographer Stefan Beutler, to be used for inspiration, was sent to a group of twenty artists in various media. The photo, which is full of Jungian architypes, is of a young woman standing in the middle of a dirt road in an apparently rural area, wearing only a long skirt. To me, the image suggests vulnerability, loneliness, and indecision, feelings I experienced as a mature woman several years after my first husband died. My quilt is a collage of photos taken in the front yard of my home in the forest on the Olympic Peninsula. The images were combined to suggest a fork in the road, the need to make a decision, and an invitation from my wonderful (current) husband, Ron Gentry, to join him on his fork of the road, a difficult decision, since I was rooted in the community where I lived and did not expect to remarry. The female figure, a blend of digital painting and three different photos of me taken by my husband, is not a slender young waif, but an older woman with graying hair, still facing a new chapter in life.

Exhibitions:

• "All For One & One For All",
• Depot Arts Center, Anacortes, WA, December 7-8, 2018
• Normandy Park City Hall, Normandy Park, WA, Feb 1st - April 30, 2019
• Found Again, The Ohio Craft Museum, 1665 West 5th Avenue, Columbus, OH, February 9 - April 5, 2020 (canceled due to pandemic)
• Photos Pixels & Pizzazz, (solo exhibition) Lattimer Center for Quilts and Textiles, Tillamook, OR, May 3-June 27, 2021
• Photos Pixels & Pizzazz, (solo exhibition), McLean Textile Gallery, McLean, VA, April 1-May 2, 2022
• Photos Pixels & Pizzazz, (solo exhibition), Quilt Show Reno, Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno NV, June 9-11, 2022
• Reflections of Light: Recent Works by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA, July 13 to October 30, 2022
• Photos, Pixels, & Pizzazz: Digital Quilts by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Special exhibition, Road to California Quilters Conference, Ontario, CA, January 17-21, 2023
• Photos, Pixels, & Pizzazz: Special Exhibit,
• Quiltfest Greenville, Greenville Convention Center, Greenville, SC, April 20-22, 2023
• Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, September 14-17, 2023
• Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, October 12-15, 2023
• Photos, Pixels, & Pizzazz: Recent Quilts by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset Iowa, December 12, 2023 - March 10, 2023

Publications

• Art Quilting Studio, Winter, 2021 (feature) pp. 46-47