Elaine Rounds

b. 1943, Harvard, Illinois, United States

This suite of four weavings is a celebratory ode to the dramatic change of seasons on the prairies.

When Rounds first moved to Brandon, Manitoba from Colorado in 1970, the landscape did not appeal to her. However, she eventually fell in love with its subtle and sublime beauty and began weaving her appreciation into wall hangings with strong horizontal lines. In addition to the twill weave of this work, Rounds is also known for her use of the Swedish inlay technique. Prairie Twill Seasons has hung in the land titles office in Brandon and in the office of the director of the Rural Development Institute at Brandon University, and it was included in the 1989 exhibition Urban/Rural Landscapeat the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba.