Portraits | Dawn Waters

• Waiting for the New Normal

  fiber, Panel

• Deidre doesn't need an invitation

  fiber, Canvas, 20 x 16 x 1. Needle felted depiction of an imaginary beauty. Hand stiched garment, 3-D felted flower, all on gorgeous cotton fabric, mounted on canvas.

• From another time

  fiber, 20 x 16 x 1. A beauty from another time with a hand-stitched silk garment, over cotton floral fabric, all mounted on canvas.

• Simply the Best -Tina Turner

  fiber, 20 x 16 x 1. Tina Turner as you've never seen her before. Needle-felted portrait of the icon with a painted background, over canvas.

• Chattanooga Dusk

  fiber, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1. This is a needle felted portrait of a dusk sky. The electrical lines are embroidery thread. All mounted on canvas.

• Kate Spade

  fiber, Canvas, 24 x 18 x 1. This is a needle felted portrait of the designer Kate Spade, complete with one of her earrings. This is part of the series "We Thought We Knew Them."

• Rose knew when to keep her thoughts to herself

  fiber, Canvas, 30 x 27 x .5. Truly one of a kind. This fiber portrait of an imaginary beauty has a 3-D nose and kinetic hair (the hair moves!) Mounted on cotton fabric, all on wood.

• Anthony Bourdain

  fiber, 24 x 18 x 1. Needle felted portrait of Anthony Bourdain, over cotton fabric, mounted on canvas.

• Pensive Woman

  fiber

• 27 Sunsets

  fiber, Panel, 20 x 11 x .5

• Underestimated

  fiber, 27 x 21. This needle-felted portrait is of a woman from my imagination. All done with wool and a felting needle - no paint. Mounted on cotton fabric, all over wood panel.

• Original Golden Girl, Dolly Parton

  fiber, 20 x 16 x 1. Needle-felted portrait of a young Dolly Parton in black-and-white style. Hand-stitched denim shirt, all over pink and metallic gold cotton fabric, mounted on canvas.

• The Wallflower

  fiber, Panel, 30 x 27 x .5. A beauty made of fiber, no paint. She is adorned by a 3-dimensional felted flower. All on cotton fabric, on wood.

• Woolie Willie - Willie Nelson

  fiber

• These Shells Would Look Good in the Bathroom

  fiber, Panel

• Philomena

  fiber, 20 x 16 x 1. Intriguing needle-felted face and braided hair with a garment of wool and silk. All mounted on beautiful cotton fabric mounted on canvas.

• Bruce Springsteen

  fiber, Canvas, 36 x 36 x 1. Fiber portrait of the Boss, Bruce Springsteen. He wears a real shirt (and tee shirt), mounted on cotton fabric over canvas. He's a big one.

• Here's Looking at You, Kid (Ingrid Bergman)

  fiber, Panel

• Afghan Girl
• Robin Williams

  fiber, Canvas, 24 x 18 x 1. This needle-felted portrait of Robin Williams is part of the We Thought We Knew Them series, which included portraits of famous people whose lives ended too soon because of mental illness. Th…

• Afghan Boy