Eyespot Designs

This is a small watercolour from 2016. In 2015 I did a number of pen and watercolour abstracts, which started as just black pen sketches in a mini book, then I re-did my favourites in black pen and watercolour, some at 8" x 10" and some at 5" x 7". I added a few watercolour florals in 2016. This fruit is an odd one out at the moment, but I am hoping to add to the fruit collection. The pomegranate symbolizes a number of things, which include wealth, abundance and prosperit

So this week is about more than one piece, but that's OK. These are some of a series I did, which I started in 2005-2006, using the wing colours and markings of various butterflies, and creating abstract paintings. Most of the paintings in this series are 8" x10" small canvasses, a few are a little larger. Top Left: Malachite, 2006; Acrylic on Canvas Bottom Left: Swallowtail (Eastern Tiger), 2005; Acrylic on Canvas SOLD Top Right: Clipper, 2012; Acrylic on Canvas Board Bot

Textiles again this week. These little cross-body pouch bags are each made with silk dupioni fabrics, which are available in bright colours, and the thick threads give texture. Silk is a protein fibre, and has a high tensile strength. These bags are reinforced inside for added strength, lined with silk dupioni, and have a pocket on the inside for credit or business cards. Some of the pouches are made with a combination of silk dupioni solids, and my digitally printed cott

This week I'm going to talk about one of my textile products - these are my brush rolls. Each one is made with cotton fabrics, in two sizes. The insides are lined with solid colours, and the outside using one of a selection of my digitally printed designs. The design process varies, but can include starting from drawings on paper, which I then manipulate digitally to create the print design, and then have it printed onto the fabrics I use to make these brush rolls and othe