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Darci Lenker
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Thread painter and fiber artist.
Here's my website:
www.darcilenkerart.com
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Come see me this week at OKC's Festival of the Arts! I'm in booth 11A facing the Civic Center Music Hall.
A tent full of art with tall buildings in the background.
April 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Another new one. Colorized Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange. Her name was Florence Owens Thompson (Cherokee).

If you're in OKC next week, come see me at the OKC Festival of the Arts! I'll be at booth 11A. It starts Thursday!

#embroidery
#fiberart
#oklahoma
An embroidered thread painting of the colorized photograph Migrant Mother, which pictures a woman with her hand under her chin with a serious look on her face while holding three small children. It measures about 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Same image with a US quarter for size reference.
April 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Hey, I have two 4-week classes coming up at Norman Firehouse, the first one starting in a couple of weeks! Painting with Wool starts March 31 and Embroidered Animals starts May 1. Sign up here:
www.normanfirehouse.com/fiber
Firehouse Art Center Starting soon Semester Painting with Wool Adult Mon 6 pm Mar 31, 2025 - Apr 21, 2025 Firehouse Art Center Firehouse Art Center Starting soon Semester Embroidered Animals Adult Thu 6 pm May 1, 2025 - May 22, 2025 Firehouse Art Center
March 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Hey! Registration is open for my next Visible Mending class at Oklahoma Contemporary. Class is on Tuesdays, 6-830, in May.
Sign up here:
oklahomacontemporary.org/learn/studio...
Graphic that says CLASS Four-Week Class Visible Mending There is a photo at the top with examples of stitched thread on fabric.
March 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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#abandoned
#blueskyartshow
#embroidery
Embroidered thread painting of an empty train car covered with graffiti. Detail image of some of the graffiti on the train car, including a painting of a black and white dog with crossed arms and several tags with letters.
February 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Tonight is the opening reception of Paw Prints & Portraits at Norman Firehouse Art Center!

Friday, February 21st from 5:30-8:30 PM
Embroidered thread painting of a black, tan, orange, and white tortoiseshell cat. She's stitched on white linen fabric with cotton embroidery floss.
February 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Hand embroidered thread painting for today's #blueskyartshow. Theme is #monochrome.

These are my grandparents in the mid-late 1930s in Oklahoma (Dust Bowl). Hand embroidered with cotton embroidery floss on cotton fabric.
An embroidered thread painting of a black and white photograph of a man and woman standing in front of a house. He's wearing a vest over a white shirt, jeans, cowboy hat, and boots with a gun in a holster on his hip. She's wearing a white dress and apron, both with a tiny floral print. She's barefoot. Closeup of the previous image with a US penny for size reference. The penny is about the size of each of their heads.
February 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Hand embroidered dog portrait from a couple of months ago. I love when I get photos back!

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Embroidered thread painting of a white and orangish-brown curly haired dog sitting on a green chair. The framed dog portrait next to the actual dog, lying on a bed with pillows and a felted landscape in the background.
February 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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If you're in the OKC area, the Paseo Members' Show opens this Friday at Paseo Arts and Creativity Center. This piece of mine is in the show.

#keithharing
#embroidery
#threadpainting
Embroidered thread painting of Keith Haring Painting Palladium backdrop. He's kneeling on the floor that is covered in white, black, and light blue squiggly lines. He is holding a paintbrush next to a red bucket and painting a small area green. It's stitched by hand on white linen fabric. Detail of embroidered thread painting of Keith Haring Painting Palladium backdrop. He's kneeling on the floor that is covered in white, black, and light blue squiggly lines. He is holding a paintbrush next to a red bucket and painting a small area green. He's wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans with drops of paint on them.
February 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I saw there was a #blueskyartshow and today's theme is #light.
Hand embroidery on linen.
Hand embroidered thread painting of a molotov cocktail on gray linen fabric in a round gold frame. Detail image of the fire, smoke, and top of bottle. Detail image of bottle with liquid.
February 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Bruce Goff's Bavinger House.

#needlefelting
#brucegoff
Tiny needle felted wool painting of Bruce Goff's Bavinger House. It's a wood and brown rock house with big chunks of turquoise blue colored glass. The house is kind of shaped like a spiral and has wires coming down from a center pole to the roof. There are green leafy trees and a blue sky in the background. It measures about 3.5 inches by 5.5 inches. Same as the previous image with a US quarter for size reference.
January 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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VisionMakers2024 at 108 Contemporary in Tulsa closes Saturday! Here's my piece from the show.

#visionmakers2024
#108contemporary
#embroidery
An embroidered thread painting of a white woman sitting on a bench painted to look like cheese. She's embroidering a cat and has two long-haired cats sitting near her. There are plants on both sides of her, a cat lamp, and a teddy bear and plant sitting on a monkey shelf. There are twenty-five tiny embroidery hoops hanging on the wall behind her. She's wearing dark blue jeans and a black t-shirt.
January 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Recent pet portrait commission of Willie Merle.

#petportraits
Embroidered thread painting of a black dog with tall, pointed ears and a long tan beard and tan eyebrows. His little bottom teeth are sticking out. There is a US quarter for size reference. His head without ears is about three inches tall. He's stitched on white linen fabric. Closer image of the same dog.
January 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Gotta start sometime I guess. Here's my current work in progress.

#embroidery #apollo11 #threadpainting #nasa #spaceart
An embroidered thread painting of Apollo 11 blasting off.
January 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM