2019: new card designs. I’ve been experimenting with gouache and different ways of applying gold. I’ve tried artists’ metal leaf applied and also gilding wax. Finally in September I spent a day with an experienced professional gilder and then produced some cards that have real 23 carat gold leaf on them. It is extremely difficult to control but the results are mouth-watering....
2018 Christmas cards. I hand painted 120 cards - every one a different design; here is a selection.
Each year I produce a number of A5 cards for a charity project. See below for examples, most recent first.
2015 and earlier, below.
BELOW: I developed a drawn image using the outline of hammerhead sharks & superimposed it on itself using the Brushes app on my iPad. The result was an intriguing effect which I printed out and used as the basis for square paintings that look like stained glass windows. I used these for Christmas cards.
(November 2016, water colour, gouache, acrylic on paper)
(November 2016, water colour, gouache, acrylic on paper)