Illustration

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 [...]

fits like a glove 2023 whole work: 80x69cm envelope: 19.5x25.6cm pattern pieces & instructions: various sizes c.A4 drawing in Indian ink with technical drawing pens, fabric paint, painting, printing, bonding on cotton, paper, tissue paper Artists Wall Statement: Paddy’s professional embroiderer grandmother taught her to embroider when she was 5. She made her first garment [...]

multum in parvo 2022 drawing, painting & machine embroidery on antung silk & cotton velvet 30x30x30 cm made for the 62 Group exhibition Essence at the Knitting and Stitching Shows 2022 at Alexandra Palace, London (6-9 October 2022) & HCC, Harrogate (17-20 November 2022) This Venetian chimney form is Paddy’s first hat since 1995. It encapsulates [...]

Changes of Use – The Moving History of the Moorbys and the Reeds by Paddy Killer 2021 drawing in ink on cotton, washing line & wooden pegs overall size 214x43cm pillowcases 55.5x40cm each selected for The British Textile Biennial Connected Cloth – Exploring the global nature of textiles a 62 Group exhibition at The Whitaker, Rossendale, [...]

These sympathy and get-well-soon cards for pets were commissioned by vet Lisa Kerr for her practice Vets4Pets Carlisle. The original drawings are in pen and ink on paper. Some of the animals are patients of the practice. The pet cards are: cat sympathy, dog sympathy, cat get well soon, dog get well soon, rabbit sympathy and get well soon, small furries sympathy and get well soon

illustrations for gardening with silk and gold Thomasina Beck's book Gardening with Silk and Gold indian ink on paper 1997 David & Charles ISBN 0 7153 0487 9 pp12, 40, 64, 67, 80, 100, 120, 137, 140-1, 142-3, 153, 154 chapter headings & projects  elizabethan gardens chapter heading stuart gardens chapter heading georgian gardens chapter headings regency [...]

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 [...]

illustrations for the embroiderer's flowers Thomasina Beck's book The Embroiderer's Flowers 1992 indian ink on paper David & Charles ISBN 0 7153 9901 2 pp10, 31, 32, 60, 89, 90, 108, 126 The original drawings are in various private collections chapter headings flowers for dress flowers for furnishing the embroiderer's record a garden in the house [...]

illustrations for the embroiderer's story The Embroiderer's Story by Thomasina Beck indian ink on paper 1995 David & Charles ISBN 0 7135 0238 8 pp11, 24, 39, 60, 88, 94, 98, 114, 128, 154, 155 chapter headings & embroidery tools the elizabethan embroiderer: chapter heading & embroidery tools the stuart embroiderer: chapter heading & embroidery tools the [...]

still life in my girlie shed 2007 67x54 cm drawing in indian ink on silk mdf frame rubbed with graphite private collection made for the exhibition In Praise of Sheds at the Garden Station, Langley, Hexham. It illustrates the things stored in Paddy's shed