Vicki and Shannon Conley are a mother-daughter pair of art quilters from the mountains of southern New Mexico. Their work has a strong sense of place; it is inspired by the outdoors and highlights the vast natural beauty of the mountain west
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Vicki Conley lives in the mountains of southern New Mexico and owns a gallery in Ruidoso Downs where she sells her work. She has been a creative person all her life and has recently retired from 40 years as a studio potter. She has been a fiber artist for about 20 years and is now also exploring surface pattern design. Her work is influenced by the natural world, especially public lands – national and state parks. She and her husband now travel extensively in their RV with their three dogs, always looking for the next inspiration.
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Shannon Conley is an art quilter who grew up in Ruidoso Downs, NM, and retains a strong connection to the dry mountains and high desert, areas that frequently appear in her ecology and nature-inspired pieces. Art quilts have been her primary medium since 2009, and her work is informed by her experience as a biologist and biochemist. She now lives in Moore, OK, where she teaches and directs a biomedical research lab at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.