Ryan hangs quilt at Sisters Library

Robin and Clem Ryan hung a new quilt in Sisters Library Monday.

The quilt was commissioned by the Friends of the Sisters Library (FOSL) as part of a permanent art display.

"The Sisters Library is trying to put together a permanent art collection," said FOSL member and artist Paul Bennett. We want to have art happening all the time in here."

Ryan, who was the featured quilter at this year's Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, is doing her part.

The quilt depicts the Central Oregon landscape, with a colorful sky, a juniper tree and a redband trout. The juniper tree resembles one in Dry Canyon, Ryan explained.

"I like juniper trees, " Ryan said. "They're old and they have so much character."

The fish depicts one her granddaughter caught during National Kids Fishing Day at the Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery.

The sky is the one Ryan sees every day.

"I've lived here for 20 years, and these are things I like about Central Oregon," she said. "I live in the Plainview area and these are things I see from my sewing room window."

And now they grace the wall of the Sisters Library, a complement to wood carvings and sculpture - part of the library's commitment to "art happening all the time."