A Maker and Creator…
The art I create is full of pattern and colour.
Collaged and sewn together to create joyful modern landscape pictures for the home.
I grew up in the west coast of Scotland amidst mountains and glens. Now, I live in the far north of Scotland which is a more open, wind swept land with dramatic coasts and empty beaches. My work typically depicts these two varying Highland landscapes with inspiration is drawn from land that is so familiar that I feel its breathe and movement as well as enjoying its lines, colours and contrasts.
Having studied Embroidered and Woven Textiles at Glasgow School of Art it is most natural for my work to depict this landscape through the media of textiles and stitch. I create the work through the collage of fabric and paper, then a layering of translucent fabric and machine stitch, finally cutting back to earlier layers and embellishing with hand stitch. Each picture is a development of line sketches drawn first. These line drawings are like my hand writing, individual to me and in so each picture is a unique response to place and a one off piece of work.
The aim is to celebrate the landscape, to create something beautiful in response, and to bring a feeling of joy to the viewer.
It’s all in the details…Combinations of colour, pattern, machine and hand stitching are used together to build an over all image. Each of these details work together to create the whole but draw you in to appreciate the detail and depth. Each viewing giving something new.
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