“Subtly autobiographical, Jane Burch Cochran’s quilts tell the story of her life as well as that of many other anonymous women.”

Robin Treen, Exhibits Director
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles

Looking for God
1996
74”h x 64”w
Collection of the artist

The Last Dance
1990
79”h x 69”w
Private collection

American Childhood
1995
53”h x 42”w
Collection of Pam Monfort

For Dilsey
2001
63”h x 61”w
Collection of George R. Stroemple
Life Line

68”h x 82”w
1994
Collection of the artist

In rural Kentucky, I love to see the few remaining clotheslines with the clothes waving in the breeze --- a self-portrait of a family. Life Line is my self-portrait on a clothesline. On a good day, I like to think of myself as part gypsy butterfly, part pearly queen (a group of Cockney English who cover their clothes with buttons), and part moon chaser.

A Quilt for the Child I Never Had
1998
39”h x 55”w
Collection of George R. Stroemple

Winged Victory (circa 1900-2000)
1999
68”h x 71”w
Private collection

Invitational show: Comments on the American 20th Century, Connell Gallery, Atlanta , GA


“Art is something that one experiences alone and for the purpose of realizing in a fresh way, through the senses, the mystery of existence.”

Flannery O'Conner


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