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I have been creative ever since I was a young child. It was not until my youngest daughter was born I decided this was something I wanted to do professionally.
That was thirty years ago and I have made creativity and the arts my number one activity. With this enthusiasm and great desire to learn, I have been fortunate to share my skills. For many years I have run workshops and taught in schools, colleges and run summer programs working with Schools and Museums in Dorset, Wiltshire Somerset Bath and in France. My main focus is making Luxury Greetings Cards. This site is for anyone who wishes to purchase Greetings Cards individually made and a gift to be cherished for ever. If you like a design contact me through this site and your choice can be made into practically any size probably no bigger than A3. I can provide cards in packs of 5 or 10 at a special price. All my cards are recyclable, so they can be passed on and on to several receivers until someone decides they like it enough to frame it. They are all made individually so there may be slight variations but essentially all the same design. A 'Maker' is better suited to me as my Creativity and Art Evolves, Diversity is essential to keep it vibrant, interesting and alive. There are so many wonderful materials and techniques to try out. I have an 'A' Level in Art and 'A' Level in Printmaking and studied Art Foundation at Chester College of Further Education. Exploration of mediums has allowed me to experience something completely different, and I love the experimentation of being creative with that. It is so exciting for me to work with diverse processes, I am currently working with Egg Tempera which has a wonderful silky feel under the paintbrush and the results can vary as with glazes or layering for optimum opacity.
Its incredible to think Egg Tempera was used thousands of years ago and still used today. I love the ecological nature of this material and the fact that I can work it with the Encaustic process, embellish it with gilding and best of all can work with very fine brushes. |
My Story |
The slide show depicts a new series of works, the paintings in egg tempera from the drawing stages through to the end. They still need to be varnished so very much a work in progress. The tapestry is taken from the paintings “The Tree of Life - Winter, and the “Tree of Life Summer” these come from being inspired by my environment I am currently working on “Autumn” and “Spring”. The random photograph of a bowl of flowers is just that random but beautiful it’s a contrast from the colourful paintings to the stark black and whites of the photo-painting
'I was born in Orleans, France, moved to the United Kingdom in the late 1960's. Studied Art Foundation in Chester College of Further Education.
I married young and had a large family, it was not until I divorced in the early 1990's I picked up a paint brush and reignited my passion for painting. For the last 30 years I have worked hard, exhibited nationally and internationally. In addition to pursuing this I went to college and did a Teaching Certificate which was useful in running workshops, giving me the confidence to teach on a one-to-one and private groups. Visit my Etsy Shop if you haven't already been there take a look around. I'm also on Pinterest and other social media sites...but the best way to contact me is via email, I usually respond within the same day. Thank you for visiting my site please leave comments or anything else on my contact page and I will answer any queries you may have. |
