private collections

little mermaid counterpane 1991 250x190cm drawing, painting & machine embroidery on satin and silk private collection This counterpane was made for the book Fairytale Quilts and Embroidery by Gail Harker in 1992, published by Merehurst, ISBN 1 85391 145 3, pp86-89, 139. It illustrates the fairytale by Hans Christian Anderson. The images are of the counterpane [...]

the gardenia garden guardian 1990 40x45cm drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin private collection one of a series of gardening angels

the hover mowers 1990 40x45cm drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin private collection this piece about gardening angels was a private commission

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

dutch cows and caterpillar legs 1989 65x40cm drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin private collection In 1989 Paddy was one of 7 international textile artists invited to work with computerized multi-head embroidery machines in an art and industry project organised by Beatrijs Sterk of Deutsches Textileforum, with Z.S.K. Stickmachinen Gessellschaft mbH, Krefeld, Germany. This piece reflects the [...]

cornucopia dickie 1988 private collection drawing, painting and machine embroidery A dickie waistcoat with a quote: "prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue". It was a private commission

a peach of a hat 1988 painting and machine embroidery on satin and cotton velvet private collection one of a series of fantastical hats from drawings for the The Horticulture Show exhibition at Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria  

peacock topiary hat 1988 machine embroidery on velvet private collection one of a series of fantastical hats for the The Horticulture Show exhibition at Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria

san marco hat 1988 painting, drawing, marbling and machine embroidery on silk and cotton private collection informed by the ornament found in Saint Mark's Square in Venice, including the poles for parking gondolas

an urnest hat 1988 drawing in ink, watercolour and marbling on paper painted wood frame rubbed with graphite private collection one of a series of drawings of fantastical hats for the The Horticulture Show exhibition at Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria. A character from a painting Exaltation of the Cross by Piero della Francesca in Chiesa di San Francesco, Arezzo