Farewell Miss Peters

 

This gift was made out of pure love for my dear friend Katie who is moving to Aus to be with her very special boyfriend. I was originally going to make a regular book and started initially making the pages out of black and white papers. Then I realised what a rainbow of colour Miss Peters is and changed the pages to be as bright and colourful as possible. I also thought that it would be such a shame to have the pages hidden away inside the front and back cover, so made it open like a concertina. On one side is pictures of her and words to describe her wonder, and on the other side pictures of her with her friends and heartfelt messages from them. It was such a joy to make, and also so easy because I had a specific person in mind and I knew just how much it would mean to her. It was a great example of how projects grow and evolve and change during the making process and how, as the maker, you should allow this change to happen and not be stuck or rigid in a design plan.

More cards for happy occasions

 

Sometimes my card-making seems relentless! So many happy occasions to celebrate and congratulate people on. 

More leftovers

Experimenting with paints is so much fun. I have started doing these boards as a way to use up any excess paints left over from whatever I was doing previously. They are pure expression and freedom, which is often very unlike the other work I may be doing at the time. I enjoying doing them so much and always feel a sense of relief afterwards. I want to try cropping a few different paintings together and seeing how they work together.

 

Moving Images Collages 3 and 4

 

Moving Images Collages 3 and 4 to add to the ever growing collection. These are now on display at Milton Keynes Hospital.  My next goal is to start turning the Moving Image series into paintings.

Moving Images Collages 1 and 2

 

Two more Moving Images to add to the collection....more to come....

Nepal landscape

Finally it is done!  After several months of doing an hour here and an hour there, this landscape of Nepal is complete.  I am really happy with the result and I think the recipient is too.  Initially I was so worried about doing this commission as I have limited experience painting landscapes, but it just goes to show that if you put your mind to something it can indeed be achieved. 

Flowers for charity

 

 

This is a painting I did recently for the guys at Rowan. It is for a charity auction.  I have made a lot of cards recently in this style and it was nice to have the opportunity to develop them into a full canvas.  I was really pleased with the result and think that I was able to be quite free with it, because I knew that it was for someone else.  In the end I wanted to keep it to give to my friend Rachael for her birthday, but as the canvas had been given to me for free and the result was for charity, I thought it would be a bit cheeky!