the archive of work by paddy killer

It shows the broad spectrum of work produced by Paddy over the last 40 years. The latest works are first and the oldest, last. Some are commissioned for public and private locations and others purchased from exhibitions or directly from Paddy

Categories of work include:
wall hung fine art works: art textiles, drawings
3D fine art works: sculptural art textiles
work for interiors: counterpanes, pillows, plates, glass, stone
wearables: hats, shawls, waistcoats
book illustrations
graphic design for stationery, cards, leaflets

2023-02-28T16:33:41+00:00

sir arthur middleton

sir arthur middleton 1996 drawing, painting and bonding on honan, organza, and habotai silks 380x90 cm collection of the garden station made for Living at Belsay, Visual Arts Year 1996. In 1995 Paddy was awarded a Northern Arts Major Award to develop new work with diaphanous fabrics, the first of which was to be shown in the Pillar [...]

2024-09-06T10:24:53+00:00

consequences of mary swift 2011

consequences of mary swift 2011 drawing in indian ink on silk 170x84 cm Originally made for the 62 Group exhibition Interventions at the Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester. It is a life-size consequences portrait of Paddy's maternal grandmother who taught her to sew when Paddy was 5. It illustrates Mary's clothing throughout her long life from [...]

2014-11-20T18:13:06+00:00

the topiary garden guardian 1990

the topiary garden guardian 1990 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin painted wood frame 40x45 cm private commission one of the series of gardening angels

2015-01-02T11:05:09+00:00

sympathy and get-well-soon cards for pets 2014

These sympathy and get-well-soon cards for pets were commissioned by vet Lisa Kerr for her practice Vets4Pets Carlisle. The original drawings are in pen and ink on paper. Some of the animals are patients of the practice. The pet cards are: cat sympathy, dog sympathy, cat get well soon, dog get well soon, rabbit sympathy and get well soon, small furries sympathy and get well soon

2014-11-19T20:57:52+00:00

one peugeot, two persians and paddy 1994

one peugeot, two persians and paddy 1994 drawing, painting, marbling and machine embroidery on silk with a painted wood frame 71x50cm a self-portrait with Persians Walter and Wilfred. Uriah was Paddy's Peugeot at the time  

2014-11-19T20:58:34+00:00

walled in 2010

walled in 2010 drawing in indian ink on silk, gesso, and bonded onto reclaimed bricks 55.5x55.5x7.5 cm FOR SALE Made for the 62 Group exhibition At a Tangent at Gallery Oldham builders working on the flat upstairs cracked walls and ceilings flooded bathroom flooded bedroom and living room mouldy walls, clothes and furniture insurance job fell down some steps broken hand [...]

2021-08-05T15:29:20+00:00

demeter 1997

demeter 1997 drawing, bonding and painting on silks 273x106cm Made for Paddy's touring exhibition In Arkadia. Demeter, as the goddess of summer, is surrounded by her attributes, as she stands on her altar. The second image is Demeter at Belsay Hall

2014-12-02T10:00:32+00:00

attributes of dionysus 1997

attributes of dionysus 1997 drawing, painting and bonding on silk sandblasted and painted wood 70x74cm frame fabricated by Peter Habergham of ABS Display Graphics, Sowerby Bridge and painted by Paddy Killer for the In Arkadia touring exhibition Each of the gods in the In Arkadia exhibition were surrounded by representations of their attributes