Little Canvas Wanted....

After having my artwork on display at where I work, my assistant manager made a request for a special heart to be painted onto a small canvas.

The background is a wash of baby blue and I have painted the heart in acrylics layering it up using a few different reds and white. I've given it a textured approach finishing it with a small daisy in the centre. I wanted to give it an extra touch so I glued some delicate little beads all around the edge. 

I'm really happy with it and so is he! Simple but effective :)

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Paperboat Gallery

I have recently finished my latest piece of work which is another stitched birds textile artwork in the colour orange. My work is now on display and for sale at the fantastic Paperboat Gallery!! :)

A Little Stall Story.....

Come and check out my little stall this weekend at this exciting event!! Based right in the centre of Chester its a great day out for the family with lots of things going on. Would love to see you there!!!!! :) come and check out some really different individual pieces of art produced by local folk :) Get in contact if you have any queries about the event or my arty creations :) :)

More symmetry paintings...

I love the outcome I've been getting with these paintings. I have also tried out a unisex idea as most if the things I do are very girly and for the females. I have done a black and white silhouette idea which works really well :) welcome any comments about any of my work... Thanks :)

Birds in the City

I have been doing some stitched pictures with my bird prints. I call these particular ones 'Bird in the City'. These pieces are quite abstract as that was the originated appeal of the prints I created. I love abstract and as these aren't totally abstract because you can see what it is, it doesn't quite make sense in the way in which they perform to the viewer. It is very odd to be seeing such a large bird poking into what looks like city buildings.

TU at Sainsbury's Design Brief

During my time at university we were given a design brief from TU clothing at Sainsbury's. We were to design a range of autumn patterns for either toddler boys or girls. I chose toddler girls to design for and wanted to use paisleys and squirrels as my motifs to create them. All my designs are produced using cutouts of coloured card and here are my favourite designs.

My Little Stall...

I had fun yesterday presenting my first lil stall/exhibition. Met some great people and gained some brilliant advice :) I managed to make a cute £7 for Cancer Research and the winner of the raffle won one of my lil cupcake pincushions :) thank you for all donations as we are all affected in someway by cancer. My grandma was an inspiration to what I love to do and I think of her every day xxx wishing my gramps a full recovery v soon xxx <3

Preparing for my Little Stall

Preparing what I am going to show off on my little stall for tomorrow :) very exciting to be exhibiting my work and seeing what people think... :) I am going to be doing a small raffle and give someone the chance to win one of my cupcakes!! All the proceeds will be going to Cancer Research :)

Button Making... <3

Making my own buttons with material I have printed myself, sewing into the material with some small stitch to make them an extra bit special :) I'm going to use these in my cupcakes! :)

Knitted Cupcake Pincushions

I have been knitting and creating yummy cupcake pincushions :) all different sizes and styles, they can be used for pins, needles and knitting needles :)

Stitchy Witchy Birdy Wirdy

Been doing some more stitched birds, make it into a textile piece of artwork which seems liked by a fair few people. I want to try this onto cushions also and see what else this may work on. Pea Green is 'so in' this spring!

Cushion-Making

Over the past couple of days I have sewn and created some cute little decorative cushions

Metallic Butterflies

 I wanted to paint and draw pretty butterflies ready for Spring/Summer. Happy and colourful, I painted butterflies in pastel colours and then drew in detail with a silver or gold metallic pen which brought them to life! The rose painting with butterflies and small butterfly painting were requests, all of these have been sold!

Graham & Brown Live Brief

During my second year of University we were given a live brief from Graham & Brown. We were all to design a Wallpaper and Wall Art. I chose to go for a Geometric wallpaper design and I wanted this to be perfect for the living room or bedroom. It needed to appeal to the majority of customers and be perfect for just the one wall in the living space. 

I did trend research and came across these amazing colours, which attracted both male and female, probably more for the new couples homes. Red and plum are very positive and feel good colours so I mixed with these. I found that Wallpapers which were finished off with felt or metallic was very popular at this time and wanted to generate a little bit of this within mine so I added a touch of silver which finished my design off perfectly and was very happy with!

For my Wall Art I wanted to go for a sketchy/quirky kind of feel. I chose the motif of 'Buttons'. I wanted it to be simple and modern. I had done some research which suggested the market was looking for something along these lines. I chose the triple art work so this can be put up horizontally or vertically in a row.

Remembrance Day...never forget x

Around the time of Remembrance Day 2012 I had a request from a lady to paint her some lovely rich coloured poppies on one canvas and a single poppy on another. I used a mixture of watercolour paints and acrylics. These flowers are nicely floating on the canvas giving a delicate meaning to them. They have a realness to them as well as a a little touch of quirkiness. I really enjoyed giving these to the lady, she was very happy with them and will be displaying them in her bedroom.

The Good-Old Grandparents

Finished my painting of my Nan&Grandad today. Quite pleased with my first portrait painting. It's a bit tricky painting faces, I used acrylic paints and layered this up. I finished it all off by adding detail in with pencil, this worked really well. The Grandparents are very happy and will be showcasing it in there home :) Happy! :)