I was really excited to be chosen as an entry in the Cleveland National Art Awards this year. My best work so far: Secret Beach Te Puru was also one of the bigger works I have created. Then I received a phone call to say my art had won its category – here are the […]
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Why I started making positive message art works using colourful strips of fabric. Honestly, this was mostly about Lara, finding the positive in a very difficult journey and using all the gorgeous colourful fabric I could find to express myself. The positive messages were just as much for my benefit as for her. We both
When I created this artwork from a picture of Lara sitting on the wall at Sunkist Bay, I didn’t realise it would be a jigsaw competition winner. What a cool idea creating jigsaws from local artists work to feature in a speed puzzling competition though! It was amazing for my art to be chosen as
Many years ago a friend introduced me to free motion embroidery. I didn’t pick it up again until 2020 when I left my job to care full time for my daughter who was undergoing health issues related to her liver transplants. I inherited my mother in laws sewing machine and lots of gorgeous fabric so
