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
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 [...]
the veiled lady 1998
the veiled lady 1998 282x132 drawing, bonding and painting on silk site-specific commission for Bankfield Museum, Halifax Site specific commission for Bankfield Museum in Halifax. It hangs next to The Pillars of Art in the Rotunda. The Veiled Lady is a bust by Italian artist Bazzanti, and stands on the mantlepiece in the library at Bankfield. [...]
tiles shawl 1998
tiles shawl 180x40cm drawing and painting on silk private collection One of a series of shawls informed by tiles found in cathedrals throughout Britain. This one is from Chester Cathedral
talecoat 1998
talecoat 1998 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk & cotton velvet National Lottery Commission & Northern Arts commission for Taffy Thomas photograph: keith paisley Described as a storytelling "juke-box", all the images on the coat are of stories in Taffy's repertoire; point at one and he will tell one. Paddy with Taffy in the Lit and Phil [...]
belsay stone fragment 1 1998
belsay stone fragment 1 1998 sandblasted belsay stone Fabricated by Peter Habergham of ABS Dislay Graphics for the In Arkadia touring exhibition.
belsay fragments 2 1998
belsay fragments 2 1998 sandblasted belsay stone Fabricated by Peter Habergham of ABS Dislay Graphics for the In Arkadia touring exhibition.
belsay fragment 3 1998
belsay fragment 3 1998 sandblasted belsay stone Fabricated by Peter Habergham of ABS Dislay Graphics for the In Arkadia touring exhibition.
belsay stone fragment 4 1998
belsay stone fragment 4 1998 sandblasted belsay stone Fabricated by Peter Habergham of ABS Dislay Graphics for the In Arkadia touring exhibition.