SEASCAPE AT SUNSET

Commissioned work - Seascape at sunset. Collage - using threads & ribbons, textured papers, beads,shells, sand, grit, metallic paints & papers, with paint & inks.
The mounted work measures approx. 110x52 cms.

RIVERBED

Close up of a section.
I used a combination of string, threads, stones, recycled embroidery, grit, sand, paint, inks, &  beads
 in this composition. 

The riverbed

2015
During a visit to Boscastle I was looking at  pools beside the river coloured vivid orange by seepage from the iron mineral in the surrounding rocks. This piece of work is 30" or so long and depicts the richness, irridesence and reflective qualities of the colour finding its way through rocks and pebbles into the river.

           The inspiration

'BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE.........'

2015
Commissioned piece of work using donated small objects, quotations and colours as the requested starting point to create a very personalised image.
Flowers from old embroidered cloths were added to the painted and printed floral section.

RIVERSIDE

2015
Images of riverbeds with encroaching tree roots and vegetation was the starting point for two pieces of work on this theme.

 Section in close up

LOW TIDE IN CARBIS BAY

2015
Commissioned piece of work inspired by sculptural sand formations from by receding water and black sand.

WAVES - 1 of 3

Textiles,experimental papers, paint and inks

CRUMBLING WALL

Walled garden, Sledmere Hall 

Mixed media - plaster,stones, paint, inks, grit, glitter, mesh...

AUTUMN WALK

ASSEMBLAGE 

Mixed Media with Found Objects

HONESTY
A combination of small pieces of work, poetry and text, personal photographs and found objects.

HIGH SEAS AT SANDSEND
Summer 2013

Close up of detail

                      QUAYSIDE

Mixed media assemblage with rusted found objects.

     

Sandsend - Wave

Working at The Hepworth - seascape response - print and inks.

Meadow 3

Gesso paint and inks.

Windswept

Gesso, inks & mixed media textile collage

Meadow 1 & 2

Response to summer wild flower meadow - Harlow Carr Gardens

Heavens' embroidered cloths

Response to He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by William Butler Yeats

WINTER LANDSCAPE

Mixed media collage

SEASCAPE

Mixed media collage with paint and inks.

ARBORETUM - small work

Observation and photographs of the detail in bark formation, colour, pattern, and texture led me into these small pieces of work. The colours are taken directly from close up photos which reveal many varied and unexpected combinations.

I chose to include text into these which provided additional ideas for imagery and interpretation.

OLD STONE WALLS

The rich textural surfaces seen on old stone walls was my source of inspiration for these pieces. York City walls, Warwick Castle walls, Warkworth Castle walls all offered ideas and information for colour and detail.
Deposits, sediment, lichen, and erosion provided a wealth of material to develop into collage.