My textile art work is mainly embroidered pictures and wall hangings, often using hand made felt as a background. I construct pictures using colours of threads much as a painter uses paint. Generally using a sewing machine, I also finish tiny details and applique effects by hand. Recently I have tried to challenge myself by producing portraits in stitch. Reflections and garden flowers are continuing subjects in both representational and abstract images.
I work to commission. Felt Making workshops and Art Shows help to promote opportunities. I also give talks about my Inspirations and Techniques.
Out of the Estuary, at FreeRange, Brick Lane London July 2003
Seen, Thought and Felt, Minories Café, Colchester Festival 2003
Blue at “Casting Off,” FreeRange July 2004
Blue at Beecroft Gallery, Westcliff on Sea January-February 2005
Water and Skies, Halesworth Gallery July 2005
Stitching Myself Together, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital 2006
Portraits, Colchester Art Society at the Minories July 2006
Tender and Tough, Digby Gallery Colchester February 2007
Art of the Stitch 2008 -9
Higher Education Student of the Year 2003
Chartwell Gallery Prize for the “Most exciting work” 46th Essex Open Exhibition, Beecroft Gallery, Westcliff on Sea July 2004
Winner Bellway Homes Tensquared Competition, Grays Essex 2007
