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It’s always nice to be able to start to create a series of new works and I have wanted to explore further my insects. Here I have started on two new pieces using a Red Admiral butterfly with a Hollyhock flower. I just love the movement and colour on these pretty flowers. To carry on […]
I was recently asked to create what is probably my most challenging commission so far. A customer had already purchased my Lorikeets and flowering gum tree vessel at an art fair last year. I was contacted by the John Nootts Galleries and asked if I was able to make a second piece in the same […]
For quite some time I have been creating my own hand made cards showing close up images of my sgraffito decoration. These are split into six themes of birds, fish, flowers, insect’s, reptiles & watercolours and somehow I have created forty six different designs. Just recently I decided to start to have these printed professionally […]
I have recently started to explore further some ideas of more sculptural forms as well as background colour. I have a fascination with the vessel but wanted to develop and manipulate this further to give the feeling of movement and growth. Also I wanted the forms to start to fully interact with the applied decoration. […]
I have started to create some new ink drawings and watercolours. The Red eyed tree frog and a heaven lotus tree will have a watercolour wash added. I have been playing around with new ideas and have been enjoying spending time creating new watercolours which will become a series of Giclée prints. I will be […]
I have been thinking ahead to creating some new pieces with a background colour to make the whites and main themes really jump out of the design. I have a design planned with Japanese white eyes and Cherry blossom which I hope will work really well with the new colours as the birds are a […]
Thinking about colour and its relationship to form design and background has filled my mind a lot lately. I went up to visit some galleries in London including the National Gallery last year and was struck by several of the paintings there. I am fascinated by the female Dutch painters of the 18th century and […]
I was commissioned to create a new large angelfish vessel to celebrate a wedding. The couple came to my studio and we discussed colours size and they also chose to have the form open at the top. I also suggested that we could place the date of their wedding on the base of the piece […]
I have been asked over the years to illustrate several books and book covers. My first one was called Phoenix House written by my good friend Carenza Hayhoe. She asked me to create a book cover watercolour as well as chapter headings and several full page ink drawings to go inside. This was quite an […]
I recently returned home to the Isle of Wight for a short break and decided to visit butterfly world again. This is an amazing place to see some of the most spectacular butterflies and moths up close. They have platforms set up around the walk containing fresh and rotting fruit which the butterflies love and […]