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the kennedys & the wises drawing, painting & machine embroidery on silk 2020 alan & emma 164x94cm the kennedys 115x106cm the wises 81x63cm private commission Paddy was commissioned to make three portraits of a family, the Kennedys & the Wises, for the staircase in their Georgian rectory. They are dressed in period costume and are [...]

ANATOMY OF CHANGE drawing and painting on silk, painted wood, string, a nail h188.54xw91cm 2018 ARTISTS STATEMENT “The outside of you belies what is going on inside”, is what my great friend, Vicky Watling, my art teacher at school, says about me. The pain causing autoimmune diseases began at school, but it was years later [...]

sir charles monck 1996 drawing, painting and bonding on honan, organza and habotai silks 380x90 cm 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 Hall as part of Living at Belsay project at Belsay Hall, Northumberland, during 1996 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

waves counterpane 1993 250x250 cm drawing, painting, marbling, and machine embroidery on antung silk private collection A marine inspired counterpane to fit a bed by Cebuan de la Rochette. It was a private commission and Paddy worked with the interior designer

punto in aria 1990 drawing, painting & machine embroidery on satin, painted wood frame collection of The Embroiderers’ Guild, Hampton Court Punto in aria is a textile technique and the literal translation is stitching in the air, which is what the characters in this typical Feast of the Gods. Characters represented are Federico da Montefeltro, who [...]

il rinascimento 1989 60x40cm drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin private collection made for the exhibition Contemporary British Embroidery at the Contemporary Textile Gallery, London. It celebrates Aquarian Paddy's 40th birthday