Slowly Succumbing to the Elements by Judy Leslie of Coquitlam, BC, Canada, was the winner for Best Painted Surface at Road To California 2013. The quilt measures 43" x 33" and was completed in 2012.
Artist statement: Slowly Succumbing to the Elements is a hand painted, free-motion embroidered and heavily quilted portrayal of a West Coast trawler's last days moored to an old dock on our swampy Alouette River in early spring.
(photo: Courtesy of Road to California)