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Cloud Dancer is it?

Here are some of the photos from across the year that I've taken, souly for the colour🍋

A small but mighty exhibition at the St Barbe museum in Lymington, in the summer. Mexican treasures, including incredibly beautiful textiles & immensely exciting colours!

Chandeliers of golden orchid inspired flowers

Colour theory workshops with @textiledesignfalmouth 's stage one students!

Across these sessions, I show the students how to create a range of chromatic blacks and greys. Colours that breathe and respond to their environment! We look at secondary c

How lucky he is to find an unattended display of his favourite treats. The odd grape, red currant or raspberry help to maintain such vibrant plumage.

Hall mural

Why have regular pears when you can have sparkly ones?

Treasure!!
A couple of plates from the magnificent series by Oliver Goldsmith.

A collector of feathers

Trailing clematis

A rather awkward space to paint at the top of the landing, but still great fun! Fortunately, I could reach some of the lower flowers from the stairs.

As you can see, the bannisters here are also in the middle of being painted.

A brilliant exhibition by Liberty Fabrics ! Sharing lots from their archive. Some artworks for shawls from 1850 and tiles by William De Morgan & William Morris!!

It's fascinating to see their hand drawn repeats up close. The variety of media and

A trip to Florence starting to appear in the sketchbook I made! It's a concertina book with several sheets of lasagna for pages.

A trip to one of my favourite places, Brighton Pavilion! It is amazing how much more you see with every visit.

This mural in the long gallery is one of my favourites. I love the tonal colourway and energy in the approach. The painting is so unfussy

Picking up the post

Hall mural

Colourful European streets

Cloud Dancer is it?

Here are some of the photos from across the year that I've taken, souly for the colour🍋

A small but mighty exhibition at the St Barbe museum in Lymington, in the summer. Mexican treasures, including incredibly beautiful textiles & immensely exciting colours!

Hanging pods & butterflies

Chandeliers of golden orchid inspired flowers

Colour theory workshops with @textiledesignfalmouth 's stage one students!

Across these sessions, I show the students how to create a range of chromatic blacks and greys. Colours that breathe and respond to their environment! We look at secondary c

How lucky he is to find an unattended display of his favourite treats. The odd grape, red currant or raspberry help to maintain such vibrant plumage.

Hall mural

Last week, Voysey House held an event to celebrate the launch of The Unfinished Works and to preview @cabanamagazine Issue 24. I had the privilege of being invited along to work on a wallpaper, live!

Here, I am starting to sketch the foundations on

Why have regular pears when you can have sparkly ones?

Treasure!!
A couple of plates from the magnificent series by Oliver Goldsmith.

A collector of feathers

A satisfying finishing touch!

Trailing clematis

A rather awkward space to paint at the top of the landing, but still great fun! Fortunately, I could reach some of the lower flowers from the stairs.

As you can see, the bannisters here are also in the middle of being painted.

A brilliant exhibition by Liberty Fabrics ! Sharing lots from their archive. Some artworks for shawls from 1850 and tiles by William De Morgan & William Morris!!

It's fascinating to see their hand drawn repeats up close. The variety of media and

A trip to Florence starting to appear in the sketchbook I made! It's a concertina book with several sheets of lasagna for pages.

Hall mural

A trip to one of my favourite places, Brighton Pavilion! It is amazing how much more you see with every visit.

This mural in the long gallery is one of my favourites. I love the tonal colourway and energy in the approach. The painting is so unfussy

Picking up the post

Hall mural

Colourful European streets

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