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
researching grandfather 2001
researching grandfather 2001 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk 91x77.5 cm collection of bankfield museum, halifax Made for the 62 Group exhibition A Collective Response at Bankfield Museum, Halifax. The exhbition was so called for artists to respond to the collections in the museum. The piece illustrates the life of Paddy's grandfather who was a soldier [...]
millennium plate design 2000
millennium plate design 2000 The design for East Hartford Community Association millennium celebration plate. East Hartford is a former pit village in Northumberland
boreas plate 1999
boreas plate 1999 drawing and painting in underglaze on a bisque fired plate one of four plates drawn and painted by Paddy and glazed and fired by Paul Scott for the exhibition The Plate Show, which he curated at the Collins Gallery in Glasgow
dionysus plate 1999
dionysus plate 1999 drawing and painting in underglaze on a bisque fired plate one of four plates drawn and painted by Paddy and glazed and fired by Paul Scott for the exhibition The Plate Show, which he curated at the Collins Gallery in Glasgow
chloris plate drawing 1999
chloris plate drawing 1999 drawing and painting in underglaze on a bisque fired plate this is the working drawing produced by Paddy on the computer for one of four plates drawn and painted by Paddy and glazed and fired by Paul Scott for the exhibition The Plate Show, which he curated at the Collins Gallery in Glasgow
east hartford celebrates the millennium 2000
east hartford celebrates the millennium 2000 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk 181x80 cm public commission This is the commission for East Hartford Community Centre's millennium celebrations. East Hartford is a former pit village in Northumberland
william lawson pillows 2000
william lawson pillows 2000 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk 60x60 cm various private collections Thomasina Beck asked Paddy if she would make up the pillows she drew for her illustration of Elizabethan Project in Thomasina's book Gardening with Silk and Gold. They were shown at the book launch in Japan. The pillows are informed be the garden plans of designer William Lawson.
the circumnavigator 2000
the circumnavigator 2000 drawing, bonding and painting on silk sandblasted and limewashed wood frame 130x250 cm private collection Made for and exhibited in arttextiles2, a touring exhibition by Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery. The subject is a portrait of circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, to celebrate the start of his fifth solo circumnavigation of the world via the [...]
jane and the garden station 2000
jane and the garden station 2000 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk painted wood frame 87x58 cm private collection exhibited at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead in the 62 Group show Out of the Garden in 2000. It is a portrait of Jane Torday, writer and horticulturalist, outside The Garden Station. Jane started her business, The Garden Station, in the old railway station at Langley [...]
the stones of venice 2000
the stones of venice 2000 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk, set in plaster with a painted wood frame private collection made for the exhibition Art of The Stitch 2001 at the Mall Galleries, London, and Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead. It alludes to John Ruskin's The Stones of Venice. Source material for this piece comes various locations in [...]