An enchanting antique silk embroidery on a firm natural coloured linen.
Made into a cushion with a lime green wool piping and a forget-me-not blue wool back.
With added zipper at the back for easy cleaning
Dry clean.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This is one of the finest examples of 1930’s embroidery that I have come across.
The flawless stitching, silk on linen, and creative use of the colours that reflect the era – is a delight.
I have made the panel into a cushion using a fluffy dark brown brush trim and a worsted wool chestnut brown back.
With a zip for easy cleaning – Dry Clean only.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
An embroidery on cotton twill with raised silks in a confident filigree-like design.
The panel has a lime green Métis linen piping with a turquoise blue hand-dyed Métis linen union back.
Dry cleaning is recommended.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A contemporary piece of crewel embroidery on linen twill using a vintage design – the embroidery has been mounted and backed with the same natural coloured linen twill and piped with a hand-dyed dusky pink fluffy camel hair fabric.
With added zipper for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A contemporary embroidery from a vintage design transfer on linen. Worked with a mixture of threads – wool, cotton, silk and artificial silk.
The cushion is piped with a vintage orange cotton rep and the back is a lime green pure wool coating.
With a zipper.
Dry cleaning is recommended
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
The Wind Will Rise, an oil painting on a canvas stretcher.
From the “Storm Warning” exhibition of 2024/5 at Ocean View Studio Gallery.
A wonderful bright embroidery panel on a fine linen – stored carefully for many years – has been made into a cushion with a violet linen piping and a bright pink hand-dyed cotton velvet on the back.
With a zipper.
Dry cleaning is recommended
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
A mid-century embroidered garland of flowers on linen with tangerine cotton twill piping and a pink rayon back.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This gorgeous antique floral hand embroidery on a bright red fine wool has been repurposed and made into a stylish contemporary cushion.
The borders have been utilised and the addition of patches made from the flower emblems fill the entire piece with colour.
The cushion is piped with a lilac rayon fabric and backed with a red striped silk that echoes all the colours of the front.
I have added a zipper for easy cleaning…and dry cleaning is recommended.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
This remarkable vintage 1920/30’s crewel embroidery design is on a thick linen and has never been used. It would have initially been intended for a fire screen and instead has remained in careful storage for many years.
Now it has been repurposed and made into a colourful and practical cushion with a pink linen backing and light lilac piping.
Filled with hollow fibre and with a zipper to allow easy cleaning.
Dry cleaning is recommended.
A hand-coloured diptych etching on Fabriano Unica paper …Good Morning/Good Night (Tree of Life)
Print area size: 12.5 x 23 cm
Paper size is larger offering generous margins for framing.
A hand-coloured etching on Fabriano Unica paper …Bee and Tithonia.
Print size: 10 x 12.5cm
Paper size is larger offering generous margins.
An abstract seascape panted in watercolour on gesso and textured with toupret and Dungeness charcoal – finished with a painted glaze.
The horizon line on a quiet day…painted in oil on an antique piece of linen which has been bonded onto a stretcher.
This is a particularly colourful and appealing tree of life panel on a fine high quality linen – made into a cushion by mounting the embroidered panel on a hand-dyed violet Métis linen and using the same for the back – I was lucky to find enough of the pink damask cotton for the piping from my fabric collection.
With added zipper at the back for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable..
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
An unusual tree of life design skillfully embroidered in the 1940’s/50’s with a wide palette of vibrant colour.
The cushion is made with a tangerine cotton twill piping and a voilet back.
With added zipper for easy cleaning.
Dry cleaning is advised.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A hand-coloured etching with aquatint on Fabriano Rosaspina paper.
Paper size: 35 x 25cm
A mixed media image ~ mostly watercolour on Fabriano Hot Pressed paper.
Framed, mounted and glazed.
image size: Approximately 20 x 30cm
Etching and aquatint.
A Stonechat at Dungeness.
A Stonechat at Dungeness.
Etching and aquatint in Sepia
A small abstract landscape ~ static before a storm.
Mixed media/collage on canvas
Now Showing in the gallery as part of the Storm Warning show.
A mixed media work showing a phenomenal sky ~ on Fabriano Uniico paper.
Now Showing in the gallery as part of the Storm Warning show.
Framed and mounted – Frame size is 50 x 40 cm and image size is 30 x 21 cm.
The homely chimney at Ocean View – No wind, with White Smoke.
Mixed media
Now Showing in the gallery as part of the Storm Warning show.
Framed and mounted – Frame size is 50 x 40 cm and image size is 30 x 21 cm.
Light on the Corner – a celebration of the restoration of our street light after an absence of around three years.
Mixed media
Available mounted and unframed from the studio browser and online.
Size: 21 x 30 not including mount.
A mixed media painting of a lone lugger on the bay.
Now Showing in the gallery as part of the Storm Warning show.
Framed and mounted – Frame size is 64 x 53cm
Please contact me for shipping cost.
A mixed media work showing on Fabriano Uniico paper.
Now Showing in the gallery as part of the Storm Warning show.
Framed and mounted – Frame size is 50 x 40 cm and image size is 30 x 21 cm.
A mixed media work showing the Dungeness Lifeboat getting ready to launch at night ~ on Fabriano Uniico paper.
Now Showing in the gallery as part of the Storm Warning show.
Framed and mounted – Frame size is 50 x 40 cm and image size is 30 x 21 cm.
An abstract mixed media painting combining 1950’s fabric prints into the image.
A storm front approaches on the bay at Dungeness.
Oil on Canvas
An Anvil Cloud moves swiftly from the East.
Acrylic on Canvas
This voltage transmissions regulating (VTR) building is a part of my daily horizon.
Here the clouds, dragon-like, belch fire in the evening light.
Oil on canvas
A large feature painting in oil on canvas – Part of the 2024 exhibition of work at Ocean View’s Gallery, “Storm Warning”
The work is in the show is guided by this wonderful poem by Adrienne Rich .
The glass has been falling all the afternoon,
And knowing better than the instrument
What winds are walking overhead, what zone
Of grey unrest is moving across the land,
I leave the book upon a pillowed chair
And walk from window to closed window, watching
Boughs strain against the sky
And think again, as often when the air
Moves inward toward a silent core of waiting,
How with a single purpose time has traveled
By secret currents of the undiscerned
Into this polar realm. Weather abroad
And weather in the heart alike come on
Regardless of prediction.
Between foreseeing and averting change
Lies all the mastery of elements
Which clocks and weatherglasses cannot alter.
Time in the hand is not control of time,
Nor shattered fragments of an instrument
A proof against the wind; the wind will rise,
We can only close the shutters.
I draw the curtains as the sky goes black
And set a match to candles sheathed in glass
Against the keyhole draught, the insistent whine
Of weather through the unsealed aperture.
This is our sole defense against the season;
These are the things we have learned to do
Who live in troubled regions.
-Adrienne Rich
Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting.
Oil on Canvas
A mixed media painting on vintage Whatman paper ~ the prime version of a larger work in oil on canvas.
I often look to poetry to name my paintings and came across this wonderful poem by Adrienne Rich –
The glass has been falling all the afternoon,
And knowing better than the instrument
What winds are walking overhead, what zone
Of grey unrest is moving across the land,
I leave the book upon a pillowed chair
And walk from window to closed window, watching
Boughs strain against the sky
And think again, as often when the air
Moves inward toward a silent core of waiting,
How with a single purpose time has traveled
By secret currents of the undiscerned
Into this polar realm. Weather abroad
And weather in the heart alike come on
Regardless of prediction.
Between foreseeing and averting change
Lies all the mastery of elements
Which clocks and weatherglasses cannot alter.
Time in the hand is not control of time,
Nor shattered fragments of an instrument
A proof against the wind; the wind will rise,
We can only close the shutters.
I draw the curtains as the sky goes black
And set a match to candles sheathed in glass
Against the keyhole draught, the insistent whine
Of weather through the unsealed aperture.
This is our sole defense against the season;
These are the things we have learned to do
Who live in troubled regions.
-Adrienne Rich
Please contact me before purchasing to arrange shipping.
Mounted and framed with oak. Framed size: 73 x 53cm
A crisp linen with a machine embroidered design from Sweden.
Both sides of the cushion are embroidered and the piping is a matching red glazed cotton.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 50 x 44 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A mixed media work including a silk embroidery fragment by an unknown artist of a bird with a glass eye and a bee.
On canvas stretcher.
A limited edition of twenty coloured etchings.
Fabriano Unico paper with deckled edges mounted onto card unframed
A limited edition of twenty coloured etchings.
Fabriano Unico paper with deckled edges mounted onto card unframed.
A limited edition of twenty coloured etchings.
Fabriano Unico paper with deckled edges mounted onto card unframed.
A limited edition of twenty coloured etchings.
Fabriano Unico paper with deckled edges mounted onto card unframed.
A limited edition of twenty coloured etchings.
Fabriano Unico paper with deckled edges mounted onto card in frame.
I can’t remember where I found it or exactly how long ago ~ it must be over 25 years ago that I came across an old cigar box containing all of the submissions to a Bristol publication’s colouring in competition probably from the early 1960’s.
At that time many households would have included a budgie as a part of the family.
This marvellous timepiece is a part of the ongoing exhibition of 2023 ~ Paradise | Tree of Life.
Paper on canvas stretcher.
Please contact me for shipping cost if required.
A combination of a needlepoint fragment of a Golden Oriole by an unknown artist with mixed media on paper.
Part of the ongoing theme for 2023 – Paradise | Tree of Life
Framed.
A combination of a needlepoint fragment of a Bee eater bird, by an unknown artist and a mixed media work on paper.
Part of the ongoing exhibition for 2023 – Paradise | Tree of Life
Available framed.
A combination of a needlepoint fragment of a Roller bird and another unfinished floral needlepoint with mixed media on canvas.
Part of the ongoing theme for 2023 – Paradise | Tree of Life
Framed size:
Bee and Tithonia ~ print size is 14 x 10cm on A4 Fabriano Unico paper
UK Shipping is a flat rate of £4.00 for tracked delivery
Dungeness Lady Lifeboat Launchers ~ an etching on Fabriano Unica paper.
The print measures 20 x 25cm and the paper is A3.
UK Shipping is a flat rate of £4.00 for tracked delivery.
Available unframed.
The Hare, The Crow and The Fox ~ a triptych of small etchings on the theme of Paradise and the Tree of Life.
Wall hanging created by an unknown artist on a natural linen. An amazing design and fabulous stitchery.
Hard to age ~ probably created between 1920 – 1950.
I have added a border of coral silk with a scalloped top to accommodate a rod for hanging and a zigzag bottom for extra weight and decoration.
Gentle hand wash – Iron with a cloth.
Size: 108 x 64 cm
An abstract landscape wall hanging created on cotton with fabric dyes and batik.
With a deep purple/grey French cotton border consisting of scalloped top, for hanging from a pole with brackets or hooks and a zigzagged bottom to give added weight and decoration.
Size: 91 x 116 cm
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When I make up a vintage piece of embroidery I often get a sense of the person who created it many years ago.
This piece is a bit different because it’s so beautiful and yet it’s unfinished…many stories have spun around as I stitch. Each ending different.
Made in the spring of life with such devotion and preparedness.
Nothing could have prepared this fine needlewoman for the future of her skillful endeavour and I hope that I have paid a suitable tribute to her by mounting the unfinished piece, along with the webbing that stretched the fabric, onto a soft pinky brown silk, using a length of frilled trim, kept for years waiting for the right project.
Whoever comes to own this beautiful piece of work, abandoned before completion, will probably mull upon the possible tale it tells as I have…with the freedom to change its story to suit oneself.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with down and hollowfibre
Size: 46 x 48 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A gleaming embroidered panel on linen, showing grapevines and fantastic flowers entwined in the tree of life ~ made into a cushion with eau de nil linen piping and a teal cotton back.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with Hollowfibre.
Size: 50 x 47 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A glorious panel of Elizabethan style wool work crewel embroidery on a good quality thick wool twill.
Cushion contemporised with a silky/fluffy trim and a coral coloured shot silk back.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A fine wool work embroidered nosegay of blooms with butterfly on cotton satin fabric and mounted onto a cream Metis linen union.
The cushion is backed with a slightly lighter Metis fabric and piped with a pink linen.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A crewel wool work embroidered panel on a quality linen twill fabric. Made into a cushion that would add a subtle splendour to interior design.
The cushion has a thick silk piping in rose pink and the back is a dark purple/grey French cotton.
The pad is stuffed with hollow fibre in a cotton casing.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Size 50 x 50cm.
A 1930/40’s piece of silk embroidery on natural linen, made into a cushion by mounting the embroidery on a hand-dyed purple Métis linen and piping with a matching pink linen.
The back is a hand-dyed deep purple/grey wool.
With added zipper at the back for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A 1950’s punch embroidered West Highland Terrier. I have removed it from its original backing, which was showing signs of wear from its years of storage, and mounted the terrier on a soft blue wool. To make the cushion I have used a chocolate brown chunky wool piping and a lovely lupin blue wool back.
I have added a zipper.
Dry cleaning is recommended
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Home Sweet Home vintage cross stitched embroidered cushion…Sweet.
All linen case except for the contrasting terracotta cotton piping.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size~36x40cm.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A charming 1960’s fantasy flower embroidered cushion.
Created by someone’s Great Aunt ?…
The panel is mounted onto a turquoise cotton cambric with additional pink cotton sateen piping and cornflower blue backing.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Jacobean style floral circle embroidery on linen with a deep magenta cotton piping and a hand-dyed blue Métis French linen union backing.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size 45 x 45cm.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A 1940/50’s embroidery on linen with a light pink cotton twill piping and a hand-dyed tangerine twill back.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 37 x 42 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A delicate machine embroidered tree of life on cotton satin – mounted on a natural colour cotton and piped with a terracotta cotton. The back is a pink cotton twill.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 43 x 43 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
An antique panel of embroidery on a fine natural linen featuring bluebirds and flowers entangles in the infinite tree of life.
The cushion had a blue cotton twill piping and a darker blue cotton back.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with Hollow fibre 
Size: 52 x 44 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This is the second panel that I have found in this amazing design – both very different and beautiful~ each reflects the personality of the needlewoman.
The embroidery is mounted on and backed with Metis linen union and piped with a cerise pink linen.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 49 x 46 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
An antique tree of life embroidery with a bird of paradise and other birds and animals…embroidered on a linen twill.
The cushion has a wine red piping in cotton sateen and the back is an orange/gold cotton chambray.
I have added a zipper.
Dry cleaning is recommended
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses is £8 flat rate.
A lovely soft and simple panel of Swedish embroidery made into a comfortable cushion. All linen with with added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A vintage and unused (as new) basket of skilfully machine embroidered flowers on cotton with a natural cotton back with added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A neatly and brightly coloured ‘As New’ vintage Irish linen embroidered panel.
Wonderfully crafted by an expert needle person with exquisite and subtle colour palette.
Repurposed with a cheerful yellow and white striped linen back (the last length from my fabric collection) and hand-dyed orange linen piping.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand in soap and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Simple comfort and vintage style with this pleasing cross stitched embroidery cushion which was carefully stored and left for many years. It’s as crisp and bright as the day it was stitched.
Repurposed with a soft green cotton piping and a zipper.
A piece of embroidery art ‘fit for a Queen’ is this intricate tree of life design, once framed, that has been made into a cushion.
The cushion is piped with a golden silk satin and backed with a contrasting rust linen with added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand in soap and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A vintage country-style wool work crewel embroidered Tree of Life from the 1930’s. On natural linen and made into a cushion with cerulean blue wool piping and a grey cotton twill backing.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Size: 44 x 50cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A splendid antique crewel wool work, fine detail embroidered panel made into a cushion.
With added mustard yellow linen piping and a vintage linen backing – the same weight and colour as the the front.
A quintessential example of the archetypal Tree of Life design with Amarant (an imaginary flower that never fades), serpent-like forms and two birds – symbolising the infinity and power of nature.
I have hand sewn a central patch at the top of the panel where there was an historic repair and inserted a zipper for easy washing.
Wash very carefully by hand with warm soap and water, rinse and use the slowest spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 46 x 50 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A pretty spray of spring flowers in a basket – embroidered mid-century on linen and mounted on a Mexican red cotton. With a natural linen piping and a Mexican red hand dyed French Metis linen union back.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size~40x40cm.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Deer rest in the shade of the Tree of Life.
A cool, restful cushion made from a vintage fringed linen embroidered panel that has been mounted on a top quality soft French finely ribbed cotton used for both front and back. Enhanced with a light moss green contrasting cotton piping.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size ~ 48 x 48cm.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This absolutely gorgeous vintage crewel embroidered cushion, with birds and lively foliage, will lend a positively tropical tone to any interior.
Embroidered on linen, the cushion is backed with a hand-dyed apple green Métis linen and piped with a bright orange vintage rayon.
With added zipper at the back for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A striking 1950’s Daisy design embroidered on a soft cotton barkcloth made into a cushion with a tangerine hand-dyed French ribbed cotton back and cerise linen piping.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with Hollow fibre.
Size: 44 x 38 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A delightful 1970’s wool work embroidery panel of rabbits with fluffy woollen tails made into a cushion with a grey camel hair piping and a dark chocolate brown French cotton canvas back.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 48 x 40 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
An antique Medieval design inspired piece of embroidery on linen made into a contemporary cushion mounted on, piped and backed with a soft orange cotton chambray.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with Hollow fibre.
Size: 46 x 49 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A tree of life design on a firm linen canvas. There’s some age to the embroidery which I mounted onto a pink hand-dyed canvas with the addition of a sky blue wool piping and a raspberry dyed textured cotton back.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with Hollowfibre.
Size: 44 x 44 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A Country style tree of Life probably from the 1940’s, embroidered on an off-white linen.
The embroidery is made into a cushion by adding a navy blue wool piping and a terracotta cotton chambray back.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Dry cleaning is advised.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A country cottage style tree of life design embroidered on linen with a cotton twill tangerine contrast piping and a hand-dyed blue Métis linen back.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Dry cleaning is advisable
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
“SouthSide” ~
From the show of 2022/23 Sunrise Seraphim
Mixed media.
Size 64 x 33 cm
Available from the browser and online mounted and unframed.
This appealing cheeky blue cockatoo panel of embroidery is in ‘as new’ vintage condition.
The embroidery is crafted on a light linen and I have mounted it onto a crisp French Métis linen union with a blue linen piped border and a Métis backing.
Wash by hand with hot soapy water, rinse and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Size: 48 x 48cm.
A vintage panel of crewel flowers bunched with a blue ribbon, embroidered on a linen twill.
The panel has been made into a cushion with a thick gold damask piping and a lilac grey hand-dyed back in a wool blend.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Size: 4o x 44 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A panel showing a China Garden with a figure feeding an exotic bird surrounded by irises and a key pattern circular border – all embroidered on a fine wool.
The completed cushion is piped with cerise pink linen and backed with a complementary soft light brown worsted wool.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 46 x 47 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A gorgeous unused panel of punch embroidery – the tufted design is wool embroidered on hessian. The piping is a fluffy purple/grey camel hair and the back is a soft sky blue wool.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with Hollow fibre.
Size: 52 x 54 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A colourful floral 1950’s embroidered cushion on rayon – predominantly poppies and forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica). With a coral pink rayon piping and a Mexican red hand-dyed Metis linen back.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 42 x 39 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This Tree of Life on linen is as vibrant as the day it was completed in the 1940s/50s – The colours really sing.
The cushion has a hand-dyed tangerine French corded cotton back and red glazed cotton chintz piping.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 41 x 46 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A beautiful piece of Matyo embroidery from around 1910 – this panel has been a part of a fashion and interiors design archive for many years and has now been made into a cushions, with a brown velveteen backing, back zipper and a light lilac linen piping.
Dry cleaning is recommended.
A beautiful piece of Matyo embroidery from around 1910 – this panel has been a part of a fashion and interiors design archive for many years and has now been made into a cushion – with a brown velveteen backing – back zipper and a light lilac linen piping.
Dry cleaning is recommended.
A top quality antique tree of life embroidered panel on linen fashioned into a cushion. The piping is made from luxurious mohair plush and the back is an ecclesiastical quality silk satin.
The embroidery is in perfect condition with no past wear – I believe that the panel was intended for a seat back and never used.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with down and hollowfibre.
Size: 50 x 50 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Here’s one of two variations of a Lupin with Phlox wool work embroidery from the 1930/40s. The two panels were stored for many moons and found in excellent condition. I have washed them to remove the linen’s dressing from new and the effects of years’ of storage.
This cushion shows a diagonal spray of flowers on a good quality mid-weight natural linen – it is complemented by a salmon pink piping and a lilac/blue Metis linen union hand dyed back.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Size: 51 x 51cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
One of two very similar antique crewel tree of life embroidered panels that were removed from a frame. In very good condition with skilfully detailed needlecraft in gorgeous soft colours on a wool twill. A celebration of the abundance of nature.
Made into a cushion with a rough silk piping and a thick pure silk satin backing with zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 43 x 43 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
One of two very similar antique crewel tree of life embroidered panels that were removed from their frames. In very good vintage condition with skilfully detailed needlecraft in gorgeous soft colours on a wool twill.
A celebration of the abundance of nature.
Made into a cushion with a rough silk piping and an ‘old gold’ thick pure silk satin backing with zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 43 x 43 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A detailed and delightfully designed panel of embroidery on a fine linen from the 1920’s, made into a cushion.
The panel is mounted on a fine light turquoise hand dyed linen and backed with the same – the piping is and open-weave yellow rayon.
With added zipper for easy cleaning.
Dry clean.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Size: 47 x 40cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This antique needlework piece was discovered in one strip and it’s been cut it into three sections to make a cushion. It’s a very interesting work as it’s a combination of appliqué and embroidery on a super quality thick wine coloured satin.
This fine appliqué/embroidery method has achieved a captivating iridescence.
The cushion has a linen piping and a pure silk back in a pinky brown colour.
Dry clean only.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This Eastern European / Hungarian wool work embroidery fragment on a soft, thick textured linen. The piece was probably once part of a tablecloth and has now been repurposed to make two cushions – each with a patch in one quarter. The cushions are available singly or as a pair..
£50 each or £90 for the pair.
Both cushions have a cerulean blue wool piping and a lime green Métis linen union back.
I have added a zipper.
Dry cleaning is recommended.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Please contact me if you wish to purchase the pair.
Here’s a smashing Arts and Crafts cushion with embroidery on a soft, open weave linen.
The two reclaimed pieces have been joined together with a section of midnight blue wool baize. Then the panel was mounted onto another piece of the same baize. The cushion is piped with a gold satin silk and the cushion is backed with the baize.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A charming crewel tree of life design which includes an owl, a rabbit, a squirrel, a frog and a caterpillar!
I have mounted and backed it with a vintage French cotton canvas and piped it with a pink cotton twill.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
It’s a lively scene between the birds, the dog, the deer and the snail ~ lively colours too. The crewel wool work is on a thick linen and the whole piece is ‘as new’ vintage with the colours as vivid as the day it was finished…so it’s hard to put a date on it.
I have added more lively colours with a lilac Metis piping and a Mexican red back – these are hand dyed.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 48 x 48cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A panel of 1940’s crewel embroidery on natural linen with a lilac/grey rayon piping and a hand-dyed blue Métis linen union back.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A bold statement 1980’s crewel embroidered Tree of Life panel made into a cushion with a contrasting tangerine piping and a dusky rose pink linen back.
With added zipper for easy cleaning.
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A 1930/40’s wool work crewel embroidery on a good quality natural linen with a natural linen back and a complementary coral hand-dyed rayon piping.
A very nice piece with colour combinations of its era – in pristine condition as the embroidered panel was never made up or used after completion.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 50 x 50 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
1940’s Lupin embroidered panel in silk or artificial silk (rayon) thread on a good quality off white linen – made into a cushion with a complementary pink cotton rep piping and a hand-dyed deep lilac ribbed French cotton back.
I have added a zipper.
Dry cleaning is recommended
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A skillful piece of 1940’s/50’s embroidery. A circle of flowers on fine linen ~ made into a cushion with a lilac hand-dyed Métis linen union back and a course yellow rayon piping.
With added zipper for easy cleaning.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin or dry clean.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A charming 1940/50’s embroidery on linen of kingfishers on the river with bullrushes.
The panel is mounted and backed with a rusty orange cotton chambray that picks out the colour of the kingfishers’ breasts. The piping is an emerald green cotton.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 40 x 40 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A folksy feeling vintage embroidery of blue birds of paradise in an exotic setting – worked on a soft open-weave cotton, with an orange rayon piping and a pink linen back.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 44 x 44 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A crewel wool tree of life embroidered on a soft olive green linen, mounted and backed with hand-dyed blue Métis linen union.
The piping is a dusty pink real camel hair fabric.
Size: 57 x 45cm
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A bold tree of life design on white linen – the panel is mounted and backed with Metis linen union.
The piping is a terracotta rayon and the cushion is embellished with a charming 1970’s fabric trim from my collection.
Size: 47 x 57cm
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A detailed 1960/70s embroidery on s loose weave linen fabric. Embroidery includes anemones, allium and forget me nots – a mixed bunch of flowers and a mixed range of stitches.
The embroidery is mounted onto a blue linen and backed with a blue hand-dyed cotton twill – the trimming is the last of my vintage macrame trim.
Size 46 x 46cm
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This Gorgeous antique floral hand embroidery on a bright red fine wool has been repurposed and made into a stylish and quirky cushion.
I have taken great care and enjoyment to do the piece justice by utilising the borders and by adding patches made from the flower emblems.
The cushion is piped with butter yellow linen and backed with sky blue wool.
I have added a zipper for easy cleaning…and dry cleaning is recommended.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Size: 54 x 54cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Charming vintage, 1950/60s deer embroidery on a good quality cotton satin.
The cushion has been revamped with a red linen union piping.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 40 x 38cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A hand embroidered Curlew panel mounted onto a thick green linen.
With a fluffy pinky/brown brush trim and a brown French cotton backing and back zipper.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water, rinse and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 40 x 40cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A fragment of antique Hungarian/Transylvanian embroidery made into a cushion.
With repurposed red wool piping and a soft vintage linen backing.
A 1950’s embroidered panel with crown/trellis emblems in four corners and a bright floral central design – on a duck egg ~ greeny/blue lightweight linen. Now made into a cushion with a complementary variegated cotton piping and a salmon pink Métis linen union back.
It was formerly framed and would have been embroidered around 1953 to celebrate the late Queen Elizabeth’s coronation.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size approx 50 x 50cm.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A fragment of vintage Hungarian/Transylvanian hand embroidery on cotton. Made into a cushion with a natural linen piping and a soft linen back.
Dry Cleaning is recommended.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A strong and flourishing Tree of Life design with bold and exciting colours embroidered onto a natural linen panel.
The cushion is complemented with a blue/green soft and fluffy brush trim and backed with a slubbed Moygashel linen.
Size: 54 x 44cm
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This cushion is made from an antique wool work crewel tree of life embroidery, including deer and rabbit, on linen twill. Backed with a dusky rose coloured soft cotton twill fabric and bordered with the very last piece of my vintage macramé trim.
With added zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A bold vintage crewel wool work embroidered rendition of the Amarant ( an imaginary flower that never fades) and the tree of life made into a cushion.
The design is embroidered on a linen twill and the cushion has a vintage Macramé style trimming and a French Métis linen union backing in light cream.
The fine furnishing colours are uncharacteristically soft and understated, particularly for such a bold design.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 46 x 42 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This is a “Generation ‘piece – I found this gorgeous vintage punch embroidery and have completed the composition this winter using numerous types of stitching in wool and silk.
The design is embroidered on a course linen which has been mounted and backed with a soft salmon wool fabric and piped with a cobalt blue 1930’s wool.
With added zipper for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A colourful embroidered Tree of Life panel made into a cushion by mounting the embroidery on a light green Métis linen and using a sky blue wool piping with a thick lime green wool coating back.
With added zipper at the back for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A 1920’s chinoiserie crewel embroidered flying crane panel made into a fine contemporary cushion.
Mounted and backed with a quality jet black wool with the addition of a thick silk contrasting green piping.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with down and hollowfibre.
Size: 46 x 55 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This is a beautiful embroidered Tree of Life on linen – a celebration of nature’s wonders.
The cushion is piped with a rich gold silk and backed with a lilac/blue cotton twill.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 50 x 50 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A bright crewel embroidered panel of flowers and foliage on a thick canvas mounted on and backed with a midnight blue soft wool and piped with a pink rayon.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Size: 50 x 50 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A crewel cushion embroidered on linen in a confident filigree-like design.
The panel has a dark red piping with a peachy/pink cotton twill back.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Size: 52 x 46 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A chunky and expertly realised piece of embroidery symbolising the infinite cycle of life with four corners. Embroidered on a linen twill; made into a cushion with terracotta cotton piping and a light blue self striped cotton fabric to back.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Size:50×50 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This tree of life’s cartoon-like colours, embroidered on a cream linen, has led me to add a fiery palette of colours with a tangerine piping and a Mexican red, hand dyed, backing.
The panel was probably embroidered in the 1950’s and has been framed under glass ever since.
Now made into a cushion that is utterly contemporary and totally comforting.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 42 x 42cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This vintage embroidery on a Naples yellow cotton was found unfinished and has been completed during the winter months on the beach at Dungeness ~ a perfect pastime for the stormy season!
The cushion has a purple/grey cotton sateen piping and a spring green linen back.
With added zipper at the back for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A chunky 1960’s embroidery of a galleon made into a cushion ~ mounted on a grey/blue linen with a wine coloured cotton piping and a cornflower blue Metis linen union back.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Size: 37 x 37cm
A charming vintage embroidery design on Irish linen, depicting a kingfisher surrounded by a peaceful river scene.
Found unfinished and completed. Made into a cushion using aquamarine cotton piping and back.
With added zipper at the back for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A delightful 1960’s wool work embroidered panel on linen – found unfinished – now completed and made into this cosy cushion, with a lime green linen piping and a wool coating fabric in a subtle blue/green for the back.
With added zipper for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A striking piece of embroidery from the 1960’s, found unfinished…now completed and made into this cushion with a hand-dyed aquamarine cotton piping and a light green hand-dyed Métis linen back.
With added zipper at the back for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This is an exciting timepiece of embroidery – the person who fashioned this design lived in the NOW of that time. The colours are so contemporary and all embroidered on barkcloth too.
The embroidered panel is mounted onto a luxurious cotton velvet (also from that time) and it’s backed with the same and enhanced by a dark blue wool piping.
This lovely cushion would sit comfortably in any stylish home, however minimalist ~ it would be sure to tie the room together.
Dry cleaning is recommended.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 50 x 55 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A fragment of antique Hungarian/Transylvanian embroidery made into a cushion.
With repurposed hand-made wool fringing and a Métis linen union backing.
Dry Cleaning is recommended.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A panel of colourful Tree of Life flora and fauna embroidered on white linen – probably created in the 1950’s- 60’s. Made into a cushion with hand-dyed red Mexican Metis linen union side panels – complemented by a dark teal fluffy brush trim.
The back is a soft aqua blue wool with the zipper at the bottom back.
Altogether a cheerfully comforting combination!
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Size: 50 x 55cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A brightly coloured, neat and detailed tree of life design on linen – mounted onto a hand dyed soft tangerine orange french ribbed cotton and piped with a contrasting blue cotton twill piping. The cushion has a hand-dyed tangerine cotton twill back.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with hollowfibre.
Size: 47 x 47 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A 1960/70’s embroidered panel of flying ducks and accompanying kingfishers which has been repurposed to make a cushion with a French brown cotton mount and back and a terracotta cotton piping,
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with hot soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Size: 46 x 46cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A glorious swan design in tufted machine embroidery on a soft velvet, with a cygnet grey camel hair piping and a jet black wool back,
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with Hollowfibre.
Size: 40 x 56 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A 1940’s tree of life embroidery on linen with tangerine cotton twill piping and a blue hand-dyed Métis linen union back
I have added a zipper.
Dry cleaning is recommended
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A splendid antique crewel embroidery on linen twill picturing a bird of paradise in the tree of life.
The cushion has a rose pink piping in camel hair fabric and a lime green Métis linen back.
I have added a zipper.
Dry cleaning is recommended
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate
A very pretty piece of antique embroidery on a fine linen backed and mounted onto an eau de nil hand-dyed linen.
Piped with a vibrant blue Metis linen union.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin hollowfibre.
Size: 44 x 44 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A soft crewel embroidered circle, probably from the 1940’s, made into a cushion with a pink rayon piping top and bottom and two shades of green linen.
The cushion measures 50cm diameter.
I have added a zipper.
Dry cleaning is recommended
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
An attractive 1980’s crewel embroidery panel on natural coloured linen with a grid of flowers ~ made into a cushion with a lime green linen border, contrasting navy blue wool piping and a bottle green back.
I have added a zipper.
Dry cleaning is recommended or wash very carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat r
Embroidered in crewel wool work on linen twill in unfaded shades of green, blue and pink with a touch of yellow.
The cushion has a coral linen piping and the back is a substantial green linen.
The pad is stuffed with hollow fibre in a cotton casing.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Size: 44 x 47cm
One of three similar exotic vintage (1950’s) tree of life designs that are hand embroidered on a linen-like rayon.
Probably hand embroidered in the Orient for tourists. The cushion is “as new” – still retaining its bright jewel-like colours.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 44 x 44 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
One of three similar exotic vintage (1950’s) tree of life designs that are hand embroidered on a linen-like rayon.
Probably hand embroidered in the Orient for tourists. The cushion is “as new” – still retaining its bright jewel-like colours.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 44 x 44 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A freshly crewel embroidered panel from a vintage tree of life design transfer – aptly named Springtime.
The panel has been made into a cushion by mounting the linen embroidery onto Métis linen – then piped with a hand-dyed soft wool in purple/grey and backed with a duck egg blue pure wool coating.
With added zipper at the back for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A springtime linen cushion embroidered with colourful tulips that would be bound to banish the blues!
The embroidery, crafted on a natural linen, is vintage (40’ or ‘50s) and has never been used.
It has been enhanced with a bright red glazed cotton piping and a lightweight sky blue linen backing. There is an added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand in soap and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A bold and cosy all wool vintage chrysanthemum embroidery on black ~ made into a pillow/cushion with a thick chocolate brown wool piping and a black worsted wool back.
With added zipper at the back for easy cleaning
Dry cleaning is advisable.
Filled with a hollow fibre pillow.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Here’s one of two variations of a Lupin and Phlox wool work embroidery from the 1930/40s. The two panels were stored for many moons and found in excellent condition. I have washed them to remove the linen’s dressing from new and the effects of years’ of storage.
This cushion shows an upright central spray of flowers on a good quality mid-weight natural linen – it is complemented by a salmon pink piping and a lilac/blue Metis linen union hand dyed back.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Size: 51 x 51cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A beautiful embroidery on linen depicting Birds of Paradise and the Tree of Life…Very Special.
I have mounted the panel on Metis linen and added a hand dyed light peach backing in Metis also.
The piping is made from a top quality silk satin.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 47 x 50 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A delightful brightly coloured tree of life embroidery made into a cushion, with sky blue wool piping and a soft moleskin cotton for the back.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
Offagen ~ Restawhile Etching in Sepia or Black and White. A Dungeness story – The original idea came from a piece of 1930’s embroidery.
Etching printed on Fabriano paper – unframed price below.
A framed version is available from the gallery please enquire for price and shipping cost if required.
For unframed prints, UK Shipping is a flat rate of £4.00 for tracked delivery
Etching created during the heatwave of ’22.
A two plate print with Prussian blue for figures and Orient blue for the aquatint colour plate.
Printed on Fabriano Unico paper – unframed price below.
A framed version is available from the gallery please enquire for the price and shipping costs if required.
For unframed prints, UK Shipping is a flat rate of £4.00 for tracked delivery
Greek God of the Four Winds – appropriate for Dungeness where we are familiar with winds of many strengths and directions alongside the winds of change.
Etching printed on Fabriano Unico paper – unframed price below.
For unframed prints, UK Shipping is a flat rate of £4.00 for tracked delivery
A painting from the summer of 2022 exhibition at Ocean View Gallery – Sunrise|Seraphim.
For framed and glazed works please contact me to arrange payment if UK shipping is required
From the show Sunrise|Seraphim 2022/23
The sun rising over the Lifeboat Station at Dungeness.
Mixed media on Fabriano hot pressed paper.
Available in the gallery browser or online – mounted and unframed.
A mixed media painting on Whatman paper, available mounted and framed.
An element of the Exhibition Summer 2022 – Sunrise|Seraphim
For framed and glazed works please contact me to arrange payment if UK shipping is required
A small mixed media painting – part of the exhibition at Ocean View, Dungeness – Sunrise|Seraphim.
Frame
Elements of the Sunrise|Seraphim Show at Ocean View Gallery Dungeness – June 2022.
Mixed media on Fabriano hot-pressed paper
Frame
Mixed media painting on Whatman paper.
For framed and glazed works please contact me to arrange payment if UK shipping is required.
Part of the – Sunrise|Seraphim show
Available framed and mounted.
Mixed media on Whatman Watercolour paper.
Part of the 2022/23 gallery project – Sunrise|Seraphim
Available mounted and unframed in the gallery browser or online..
Mixed media on Fabriano hot-pressed paper.
Part of a new gallery project – Sunrise|Seraphim
Available framed and mounted.
Mixed media on Fabriano hot-pressed paper.
From the series of mixed media works – Sunrise|Seraphim
Mounted, glazed and framed.
From the 2022 series of mixed media works – Sunrise|Seraphim
Mounted, glazed and framed.
For framed and glazed works please contact me to arrange payment if UK shipping is required
From the series of mixed media works – Sunrise|Seraphim
Mounted, glazed and framed.
Glorious and pristine vintage folk art Hungarian Matyó flowers embroidered on a black felted wool.
Made into a cushion by mounting and backing with a top quality soft black wool and adding a piping made from a vintage emerald green velvet.
This striking cushion will be a bright and beautiful addition to a sympathetic interior.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 44 x 52 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A vibrant 1930’s tree of life embroidery on linen.
Repurposed by mounting and backing with a fine, soft self striped linen and burgundy piping. A zipper helps with easy washing.
Wash by hand with soap and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
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A vintage Swedish abstract floral embroidered panel made into a contemporary cushion with pink cotton twill piping and cerise pink linen back.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 45 x 45 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A very attractive vintage woolwork crewel tree of life panel, embroidered on linen and fashioned into a cushion by mounting the panel onto a light pink linen with a rose pink camel hair piping and a light pink linen back.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm water and soap – rinse and spin.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Size: 44 x 50 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
An exceptionally lovely piece of antique crewel embroidery on linen twill with flowers and a blue bird of paradise.
Mounted and backed with top quality vintage natural coloured linen and piped with sky blue wool.
The cushion was made on midsummer’s day.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This softly coloured embroidery panel has been in storage since the 1980’s and now rescued to be made into a delightful cushion using a lilac cotton twill piping and marshmallow pink cotton twill back.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin – cool iron.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Size: 38 x 40cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A large tree of life skilfully embroidered onto a linen/cotton union in bright spring-like colours. made into a cushion using a hand-dyed pink cotton twill piping and a primrose yellow chunky weave cotton back.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size 48 x 47cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A delicate touch was employed by an expert embroiderer to create this beautiful embroidered garland of flowers on a fine linen.
The cushion is backed with lilac/blue linen and piped with rose pink linen.
Size:46 x 56cm
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
An unused vintage crewel panel made into a cushion. Mounted and backed with a coral rayon and piped with blue linen.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
This simply beautiful piece of embroidery was removed from a frame to reveal that it was strung onto a cardboard support with a First World War print ~ There’s Daddy!
The embroidery and the print have been together for all these years – Perhaps the piece was stitched as a love token until daddy’s return.
I have made a cushion using a light lilac linen piping and a grey/blue linen back – with zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Size: 44 x 44 cm
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A detailed panel of vintage hand embroidery showing a peaceful riverbank scene with bluebird and butterfly. Made into a cushion by mounting and backing with light cream “as new’ vintage French Métis linen union.
The bluebird is the symbol of joy, hope and peace ~ a perfect companion to aid comfortable meditation and relaxation.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 50 x 50 cm
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A sweet crewel embroidery of birs at a bird table made into a cushion with lilac linen piping and a lilac/grey hand-dyed backing in wool mix.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Size: 38 x 42cm
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A wool crewel Rose (without thorns) Tree of Life embroidered panel mounted on a salmon pink Metis linen union, piped with a natural colour linen and backed with a butter yellow textured cotton.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 56 x 44 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A gorgeous piece of Arts and Crafts silk embroidery on linen made into a cushion with brown/gold mohair plush piping and a fine quality natural linen backing.
With added zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin hollow fibre.
Size: 43 x 50 cm
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Night draws in on Dungeness dwellers.
Oil on Canvas
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View from the Lifeboat Station on a quiet day.
Oil on Canvas
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Mixed Media on canvas
Exotic vintage (1950’s) tree of life design hand embroidered on a linen-like rayon.
Probably hand embroidered in the Orient for tourists. The cushion is “as new” – still retaining its bright jewel-like colours.
I have added a zipper.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 44 x 44 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A pair of unused 1940/50s hand embroidered cushions.
I have repurposed them with contrasting pink piping and have cold dyed the backs in Mexican red and a zipper for easy washing.
Wash by hand in soap and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A mid-century embroidery with embellishment front and back.
With added pink rayon piping and zipper for easy washing.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 40 x 40 cm
Shipping to UK addresses for a cushion is £8.00 flat rate.
A charming mid-century embroidery on linen featuring the flowers of the cornfield and field mice.
The cushion is embellished on both sides.
Added soft green piping and a zip for easy washing.
Wash carefully by hand with warm soap and water and spin.
Filled with virgin Hollowfibre.
Size: 40 x 38 cm
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Man with a shrimp net standing on the ridge of Dungeness bay.
Mixed Media
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A winter camp on the edge of the bay at Dungeness.
Available mounted and unframed in the gallery browser.
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One of those golden moments at Dungeness when the sky is sublime.
Oil on Canvas
Large feature painting – Dungeness Abstract Seascape.
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Boats beached at Dungeness after a long, hard working life.
A treasured element of our landscape.
Oil on canvas
Size: 25 x 35 cms
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Abstract landscape in oil on canvas.
Where we live, the beach flowers in spring and the predominant colour then is the blue of the Vipers Bugloss.
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Bees are constantly buzzing around the Tithonia (Mexican Sunflowers) in the summer and luckily the blooms go on and on.
Oil painting on a fine canvas.
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Mixed media on Fabriano hot pressed paper.
Available unframed with mount.
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Ocean View Cottage Dungeness after Sundown.
Mixed media on Arches Velin paper.
Mounted/unframed – Available online or from the gallery browser.
Size includes mount.
Winch cover where Fair Chance is moored.
Mixed media on Arches Velin paper.
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Size: 35 x 48 cms – including mount.
A costume drawing of Pete, Colin, Mike & Barry from the play SAVED by Edward Bond.
Mixed media costume drawing on Fabriano hot-pressed paper.
Available from the gallery browser and online – mounted and unframed.
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Len and Fred – A costume drawing from the play SAVED by Edward Bond.
Mixed Media costume drawing available mounted and unframed from the gallery browser.
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A costume drawing for Harry and Mary from SAVED by the playwright Edward Bond.
Mixed media – available unframed and backed with black board from the gallery browser.
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A Life Drawing in Ink and pastel.
Unframed/ mounted Life drawing in ink and pastel.
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Painted during the winter of 2020 amidst howling winds!
Painting on Fabriano hot-pressed paper
Mounted and unframed
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Litton Cheney’ – when I lived and worked in the wonderful village of Symondsbury in Dorset, the owner of a lovely garden at Litton Cheney let me paint there awhile and I have kept this painting ever since. Now it joins the paintings on show and for sale at Ocean View.
The painting is oil on board.
Size: 39 x 49 cms
Mounted in antique white acid-free board … unframed.
Foxgloves grow in profusion at Dungeness in June.
An oil painting on a fine canvas of Foxgloves in a tall green Beswick vase
Painted in June 2020.
Commenced during the Lockdown of March 2020 (March 31) and completed on July 18 2020.
Mixed media painting on Fabriano hot-pressed paper. Framed in Oak.
I saw a unicorn today.
It first appeared in the far distance on the misty bay.
The dog and I stood to watch as the beast moved along the line of the outgoing tide towards us.
Sunlight shone rainbow droplets through a flying mane and flag end tail as its thunderous hooves crashed through the gently rippling water. As it came closer I was filled with fear; what I had thought to be a fine white horse was this wondrous creature, with its sharply pointed horn gleaming ike a sword carved from mother of pearl.
We stood stock still, frozen as the unicorn veered tumultuously towards us – passing so close that we sensed the heat from its gleaming flanks and felt the breeze in its wake.
With explosive force it mounted the shingle bank, blasting pebbles in a roaring avalanche as it clambered the steep wall of stones.
Then it was gone.
As we dazedly walked towards home and safety. I realised that it had spoken to me as it passed, burying its message in my mind.
I am powerful resourceful and emblematic.
I am the giver of life
The curer of disease
I am alone, live alone, travel alone…
I don’t exist.
Dark Iris – (in the 1930’s glass vase). Mixed media painting on Fabriano hot-pressed paper
Available framed and mounted in acid free mount.
Actual image size approx 53 x 83 cms
Painted during the Spring of 2020 – Covid-19 lockdown
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Iris Ocean View – painted during the Covid-19 Lockdown in the Spring of 2020.
Mixed media on Fabriano hot-press paper.
Available Framed in an acid free mount
Painting of daisies and tartan in a Canadian Blue Mountain Jug.
Available unframed with mount.
Medium – watercolour and a little gouache on Fabriano hot-pressed paper.
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Mixed media – gouache, pastel and acrylic on Fabriano hot press paper.
Size approx A3
Available framed or unframed in mount.
Mixed Media – Gouache on paper.
For the show of spring 2020 – Fabric and Flowers – mostly from my Dungeness garden.
Size approximately A3
The Edge – A feature oil painting of Dungeness Power Station by Helen Gillilan
Medium: Oil on fine linen canvas
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This painting is one from a series of abstract landscapes called “View from the bus”.
Oil on canvas
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Abstract landscape series…View from the bus.
Oil on Canvas
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Abstract landscape series…View from the bus
Abstract landscape series…View from the bus
Oil on canvas
Size 30 x 60 cms
Oil painting from an ongoing Dover Beach series of paintings.
Inspired by the poem Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
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Dungeness to Dover Beach
Size: 76 x 51 cm
Oil on Canvas
Rig IV – Dungeness Point.
Mixed media
On Fabriano hot-pressed paper – Unframed in acid-free mount.
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Rig III – off Dungeness Beach.
Mixed media on Fabriano hot-pressed paper .
Unframed in acid-free mount.
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Mixed Media – on Arches Velin paper.
Size: Approximately A4 in A3 acid-free mount – backed.
Oil Rig on the sea passing Dungeness.
Mixed Media
Size – Approx A4 – Hot pressed paper in acid-free mount
Mixed media painting on antique paper.
Abstract Seascape. Available from the Gallery browser
Unframed – in acid-free mount
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Oil on Canvas
Size: 25.5 x 35.5 cm
Oil on Canvas
Size: 25.5 x 35.5cms
Inspired by the poem Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold – excerpt:
Dungeness to Dover Beach
Mixed Media – on paper – mounted unframed
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Mixed media on paper – glazed and framed.
Size: 20 x 29cm . Frame: 24 x 32.5 cm
Look Round – “Sweet is the night”
Mixed media on Fabriano Artistico paper – glazed and handmade oak framed.
Image size: 18 x 23 cm . Frame: 21 x 26 cm
Oil painting from an ongoing Dover Beach series of paintings.
Inspired by the poem Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold – excerpt:
Size: 23 x 30 cms
An acrylic painting of the Dungeness landscape in the mist – Nor Certitude.
From the ‘Dungeness to Dover Beach’ project.
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Oil painting from an ongoing Dover Beach series of paintings.
Inspired by the poem Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold – excerpt:
Dungeness to Dover Beach
Oil on Canvas
An abstract oil painting from an ongoing Dover Beach series of paintings.
Inspired by the poem Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
…Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow
and bring The eternal note of sadness in…
Dungeness to Dover Beach
Oil on Canvas
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A mixed media painting of a man digging for Lugworm on the shoreline at low tide.
Watercolour – Mixed Media – glazed and framed.
Image size: 20 x 49 cm.
Framed: 33 x 65 cm.
Graphite drawing of a man digging for Lugworm at low tide, Dungeness.
A February Sunrise – glazed and framed, mounted mixed media painting on Fabriano hot-pressed paper.
Image size: 20 x 49 cm. Frame: 33 x 65 cm
The big skies at Dungeness are an ever-changing source of wonder and joy.
Look Round- Cumulus Rising is a mixed media painting on canvas.
Mixed Media painting of a cottage set in front of the dramatic Dungeness Sunset.
The painting New Dawn Dungeness – Lifeboat Out was painted at a crossroads/turning point of life. This is the morning vista from the front of Ocean View.
This drawing was completed in 1982, when I travelled to California. I had been a fan of the Big Band singer Peggy Lee and came across an image of her on an old album cover.
That album embodied my filmic existence in San Diego.
Mixed Media Drawing – available unframed from the gallery browser.
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This drawing was competed in 1982 when I lived in San Diego. It is from an image that I discovered of Lucille Ball when she was young.
Having been a great fan of “I Love Lucy”as a child – I couldn’t resist. And the image carries some of the disquiet and feelings of misplacement that I felt during these days.
Mixed media/drawing
In acid-free mount
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Linocut printed on Arches Velin paper – unframed in acid free mount.
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Etching printed on Fabriano Unica paper.
Available unframed.
Etching printed on Fabriano paper – unframed price below.
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Etching on Fabriano Unico paper.
Tinted Etching
Paper – Fabriano
Unframed – in acid-free mount
Unframed price below.
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Etching printed on Fabriano paper – unframed price below.
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“It filled me with fear, and yet I longed to be nearer to it and look upon its deadly work.”
Size A3 on 200 gram paper
“Jesus Christ was not a hard taskmaster. He understood our little failings, understood the weakness of our poor fallen nature, understood the temptations of this life…”
Size A3 on 200 gram paper
“All the seas of the world tumbled about her heart.”
A3 Print
…His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.
Size A3 on 200 gram paper
I visited the San Rafael Glacier on a trip to Chile in the ’90’s and strived to capture the beauty of the ice.
Mixed media on Fabriano hot-pressed paper in acid free mount.
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Mixed media
Nude on chaise lounge
Charcoal and ink
Size A1 – Unframed
Oil on Canvas
Mixed Media
On Fabriano Hot pressed paper in acid-free mount
Helebore in a drip glazed vase.
Mixed Media on Fabriano hot pressed paper.
Solid oak framed and glazed.
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Oil and Acrylic painting on canvas – from a themed exhibition ‘The Big Screen” in 1991.
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Print size A3 – Limited edition
A3 print, limited edition
Mixed media on paper
Framed
Large feature painting.
Oil on canvas.
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Mixed media on paper
Framed and glazed.
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Oil on canvas
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Oil on canvas
From Trip to Chile as Expedition Field Artist
Oil on canvas