combining painting techniques with textiles
After working as a designer in the fashion industry for many years, I now concentrate on my artwork and teaching others the joy of textile mixed media art.
I love the combination of mixing painting techniques with fabric appliques and embroidery. A painting never feels finished until I have added layers of embroidery.
I love to share these techniques through my tutorials and membership.
Nature inspired textile art
My landscapes and seascapes aim to express the sense of profound calm that nature gives me.
My starting point is always colour – how it varies with the changing of the seasons or how the sun reflects off the sea. I take photographs or make sketches to capture the moment.
Foraging and beach combing for pebbles, seed heads and grasses, I use these finds to add monoprinting to my paintings, and to inspire the embroidery detail. Mainly using free-motion embroidery, with occasional additions by hand, brings movement and depth.
These varied yet balanced elements in my work give the sense of finding something new to see, each time you look.
