art textiles

attributes of boreas (detail) 1997 74x74 cm drawing, bonding and painting on antung & organza silks university of strathclyde fine art collection One of the Attributes of the Gods made for the In Arkadia exhibition. This one is for Boreas

dionysus 1997 273x106 cm drawing, bonding and painting on antung and organza silks collection of leeds city council at lotherton hall Made for the In Arkadia touring exhibition. It represents a statuesque Dionysus with his rhyton and thursus standing on an altar draped with some of his other attributes.

chloris 1997 273x106 cm drawing, painting and bonding on silk private collection photograph: keith paisley Made for the In Arkadia touring exhibition. Chloris, as the goddess of spring, is surrounded by her attributes, as she stands on her altar

revels 1997 285x107cm drawing and machine embroidery on silk, painted wood frame private collection Made for the In Arkadia touring exhibition. This work portrays everyone who worked on the exhibition, and the gods, partaking in the sacred rites of Dionysus, who is sitting down after imbibing too much.  

northern lights and northern sights 1996 489x737 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk, painted wood frame air uk commission Commissioned by Air Uk for their 1997 calendar. 12 artists were each sent to a destination Air UK flew to and were commissioned to make a work for that destination. Paddy was sent to Madrid an then to Aberdeen

an aspiring hat 1994 drawing, painting and  machine embroidery on silk & cotton velvet public collection commissioned by Hereford Museums, this steeple henin and wimple hat celebrates Hereford, with imagery sourced around the city. Crockets decorate a spire - Hereford Cathedral's spire fell down

cha'i-fu cheng 1994 250x250 cm drawing, painting, and machine embroidery on silk and cotton velvet private collection A private commission reflecting the nationalities of the commissioners - English & Chinese.The design is informed by a Cha'i Fu, a Mandarin's robe, and Medieval imagery from the Cluny Museum in Paris

barmy knight or balmy night or balmy knight or barmy night 1994 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on antung silk and silk organza public collection made for the Riches of Stitches exhibition at the Collins Gallery, Glasgow. It was purchased for Rachel B Kay-Shuttleworth Collection, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley, Lancashire. It is inspired by a dream and 16thC tooled armour [...]

the pillars of art 1994 235x140 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk site-specific commission for Bankfield Museum, Halifax a site-specific commission for Bankfield Museum in Halifax. It is a quardratura view includes Edward Akroyd who built it, his life and details found in the museum and aspects of Halifax. Paddy and her cats are in it. [...]

henry purcell pillow 1992 75x73 cm drawing, painting and machine embroidery on honan silk private collection a precursor of the Counterpane for Dido and Aeneas. Made for the exhibition Take a Seat in Kings Lynn