private collections

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 [...]

Paddy Killer private commission illustrates Dante's Canto 3

phaethon & clymene 2003 79x140 cm drawing and machine embroidery on silk private collection made for the exhibition Sons and Mothers at the Collins Gallery, University of Stratclyde, Glasgow. It illustrates the boy racer Phaethon's fatal chariot ride through the morning sky. After asking his mother Clymene if Apollo was really his father, he pleaded with Apollo [...]

garthwaite with crawfish 2008 38.5x30 cm drawing in indian ink on silk mdf frame rubbed with graphite one of a series of works informed by historical textiles from public collections    

26@62+26 snippets 2012 95x176cm drawing in indian ink & bonding on silk Made for the 62 Group's 50th anniversity exhibition, 62@50, at the Holden Gallery, MMU, Manchester When the 62 Group turned 50, I was 62, and Paddy had been priveledged to be member for 26 years. This mini-retrospective of life-size snippets of 26 pieces I have [...]

the topiary garden guardian 1990 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin painted wood frame 40x45 cm private commission one of the series of gardening angels

one peugeot, two persians and paddy 1994 drawing, painting, marbling and machine embroidery on silk with a painted wood frame 71x50cm a self-portrait with Persians Walter and Wilfred. Uriah was Paddy's Peugeot at the time  

medieval tiles shawl 2 drawing and painting on silk organza 40x200 cms one of a series of one off hand drawn and painted shawls informed by encaustic tiles

dionysus shawl drawing and painting on silk 180x40 cm one of a series of one off hand drawn and painted shawls. Made for a publicity shoot for Paddy's In Arkadia touring exhibition

athena and the owl shawl 1998 drawing and painting on silk organza 180x40 cm private commission This shawl is one of a series of one off hand drawn and painted shawls. This commission is part of a private collection