KIMBERLEY PIERCE CARTWRIGHT
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2024

Kimberley Pierce Cartwright was born in Hallsboro, NC. Her quilt work represents an abstraction of real life. She began quilting and painting in the summer of 2006. Her work evokes emotion through her distinctive use of color. Kimberley specializes in small quilt fabric post cards. Her work includes abstract caricatures, acrylic paintings and mixed media embellishments. She also creates dolls and works on paper and canvas. Her love of color punctuates her use of very simple designs.

“I have the power to create art in my life,” she says. “I do that through my quilting. Sometimes I plan what I will do and sometimes I don’t. The result is always something I love. Everyone has the same power to create art in our own unique way.”

Kimberley holds a bachelor of arts degree from Shaw University in Radio Television and Film. She also earned a master’s degree in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Kimberley has taught classes in quilting and sewing. She has shown her work locally around the state. Her work has also been shown in Quilting Arts magazine and in the international magazine Quilt Mania.