The Bay
33cms x 28cms
Glazed in white frame. Painted fabric with machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Bluebell Wood
57cms x 57cms
Fabric collage with free machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Bluebell Wood
57cms x 57cms
Fabric collage with free machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Tulips
48cms x 48 cms
Raw edge appliqué with hand painted fabrics and machine embroidery
Fishing Boats
50cms x 40cms
Painted fabrics have been cut, layered and secured with machine stitching to create the seascape and boats. The left hand side panel represents the weathered, peeling paint and rusty surfaces of the old boats using layers of painted strips of fabrics, nets and found objects.
Dragonflies
90cms x 50cms
Hand painted fabrics and sheers layered and machine stitched. The dragonflies have been made from iridescent acrylic fibres.
Summer Sunset
50cm x 50cm
Painted fabrics heavily quilted with machine stitching and added textured fabrics and nets
Seagulls
50cm x 50cm
Painted fabrics and raw edged appliqué using additional nets and sheers
Run Rabbit Run
50cms x 30cms
The woodland has been made from tiny pieces of overlaid fabric that have been secured in place with fabric adhesive and machine embroidered. The rabbits were painted and detail added with free machine stitching on a net base.
Cactus
51cm x 51cm
Painted and layered fabrics including nets and sheers. Hand and machine stitching has been used to draw in the details and the background is a bright orange satin. The composition has been stretched over a canvas frame.
Owl
50cm x 60cm
The owl has been made from lace and hand painted fabrics and it has been hand stitched onto a background of machined strip patchwork of tie dyed, painted and sheer fabrics.
Dragonflies
25cm x 25cm
Hand painted and stencilled fabrics with applied sheers to give richness of colour and depth. Fabrics secured with raw edge appliqué.
Summer Afternoon
46cm x 60cm
This landscape has been made from fragments of fabric that have been layered and secured to the background by machine stitching. Different surfaces and textures have been selected to represent the water and vegetation.
Hadleigh
35cm x 45cm
Machine embroidered hand painted fabrics and coloured sheers with some hand stitching
Jack Rabbit
80cm x 30cm
Jack Rabbit is based on my son's house rabbit and shows him running through the cornfields in the countryside surrounding his home. Hand painted and sheer fabrics with net and lace have been cut and torn then secured with machine stitching.
Fragment of Monet's Garden
86cm x 28cm
(size of glazed frame)
This fabric panel has been made from heat transfer dyed and painted fabrics and was inspired by Monet's garden in Spring.
Poppies
46cm x 60cm
Poppies in early summer on fresh green background to represent a newly grown meadow and mounted on tie dyed and painted fabric representing changing skies.
Cornfield with Pink Flowers
117cm x 87cm
Hand dyed fabrics have been collaged and hand stitched to represent the colour and movement of the wheat sheaves in the cornfield. Thicker Threads have been worked in the foreground and changed to finer silk to give an illusion of depth in the composition.
The work has been mounted on a canvas stretcher.
Cornfield
117cm x 87cm
Hand dyed fabrics have been collaged and hand stitched to represent the colour and movement of the wheat sheaves in the cornfield. Thicker Threads have been worked in the foreground and changed to finer silk to give an illusion of depth in the composition.
The work has been mounted on a canvas stretcher.
Woodpecker
29cm x 30cm
The woodpecker has been printed on to the fabric using a stencil. Fabric collage and hand stitching creates texture to the tree bark. The rest of the composition is made up of patterned patches to represent the surrounding countryside.
Early Spring
60cm x 45cm
This composition is made of collaged, hand painted fabrics that have been layered to represent the cool, fresh atmosphere of an early spring day. Raw edged appliqué gives softer edges to areas of the landscape and vegetation.