commissions

sex and the seaside 2004 drawing, painting and machine embroidery painted wood frame 260x99 cm collection of kirklees council Commissioned by Kirklees Council for their touring exhibition of cards by Bamforth & Co, Secrets of the Sexy Seaside Postcard. The piece depicts Bamforth's characters as contemporary celebs on holiday in Benidorm, the new Blackpool. They are, from [...]

aquarius 2004 drawing and machine embroidery on silk 70x65 cm private collection a commission for a friend of the Paddy

millennium plate design 2000 The design for East Hartford Community Association millennium celebration plate. East Hartford is a former pit village in Northumberland  

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  

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. [...]

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 [...]

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

tunnel vision 1996 drawing in ink and watercolour on paper commission for sustrans drawing for a LandArt commission on the Sustrans C2C Cycle path, for an embankment design and planting on the Edinburgh/London Railway line at Chester le Street. The project was a collaboration between Paddy and horticulturist and writer Jane Torday. Jane subsequently created [...]

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