A small absence

It's been quite a while since anything was posted here, and now I can show you why. In addition to new Thelma's felt and fabric stuffies, such as the one above, I have been bunkering down in the studio in my back garden. Various sections of existing paintings have been reworked, modified, added to... ellipses have been corrected, shadows increased and new canvases have also been started.

Here is a very small peek at a few more detailed sections. Can you spot the difference?

Bluebeard's wife has knocked on my door

Bluebeard's wife has arrived a little earlier than I initially thought. With long floral limbs and what looks like the beginnings of a blue beard. You'll find her here, alongside several new thelma's felt pins.

Nora, the pianist

Raven's Wing Studio

Needles and pins, more sewing

Inspired by those powdery hues seen recently in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, two new felt pins to wear. (Find them here and here and here).



Inspired by the approaching Easter period, two yellow felt chickens to wear when not in the mood for pastel flowers.




And created just for the fun of it, meet Pearl Panda, with bamboo shoots in her pocket and of course, more colourful felt flowers. Next week I plan to create Bluebeard's wife as a fabric and felt stuffie. With some hammer & daisy offcuts, her limbs will be blue and her tummy stipey. Expect flowers around her ears too.

From sewing machine to drawing board

Still working towards a two person exhibition with Mary Gray, in May of this year, to held at the Brunswick Street Gallery. Here is what has been happening in my studio lately.

Meet Rosa Pinkie

I have decided to make a little stuffie a week, so when I am not with brush in hand you'll find me sewing small flowers onto stuffed creations in my studio in the back garden.

Please meet Rosa Pinkie with her small ladybird companion tucked safely in her pocket. You'll find her here, along with several other felt delights.




(Please click to enlarge.)