The palette of the collection, in fact of all
my collections evolve from and inspired
by my originals paintings. I have found over the years that I tend to paint in
certain palettes for a period of time and then move on, I suppose as I grow as
a person my tastes and inspirations change. I am sure we all find that the
colours we liked when we were younger are not the colours we would choose now.
I know that is partly dictated by fashion trends but also I strongly believe by
us just moving on in our lives. I work in pastel most of the time as I love the
range of colours so much and also the tactile nature of the medium, which led
me to textiles originally too. In the same way we create quilts, it’s all about
drawing a palette of colours together.
So the rich array of blues and deep purples
are a long held favourite of mine which you can see in the series of paintings below.
The actually mixing of both pattern and
painting also really fascinates as what brings everything together is the
colour. Again in the same way when quilting you are always looking for a focus
fabric and ones that then support and enhance it. It’s like trying to achieve a
very beautiful balance.
The
next colourway echoes my increasing love of greens and their calming properties
and connection to nature. I find that as I now paint, my mind drifts off
thinking of patterns and ways to use different palettes. There is this lovely
crossing over between design and fine art, which I love, it’s rather like
having two feet in two different pools with a common over flow into each.
Here are the paintings that inspired the palette of the Green Colourway of Ghost.
Here are the paintings that inspired the palette of the Green Colourway of Ghost.
Finally I couldn’t not have a warm pink
colourway, I am drawn a great deal to cerise pinks and find when painting that those
are the colours that I often run out of the quickest. There is something magical about
a little bit of pink that can lift any painting or quilt.
Mix and matching colours like paint on a palette is where all
the fun begins.
So that is where the inspiration for the
colour palettes came from. As to the forms and soft impression of levaes and
feathers. I have become very obsessed recently with faint impressions of things
rather than more obvious definitions of plants and flowers. So creating a
collection that is full of softer lines and ghostly impressions naturally
followed on.
As a child I was always fascinated by the
unusual shadows or prints of leaves on pavements in the autumn that were
created when a leaf had been pressed to the surface by the rain and could be
peeled away later to reveal a perfect image of itself. Combined with recently
getting more into printing I wanted to look at different ways of printing that
left a soft edge rather than hard lines. So again this interest came to
fruition in Ghost.
My daughter funnily enough is also now
getting into printing even though she is doing a Fine art degree at Edinburgh
College of Art. The bridging of that gap between painting and printing seems to
fascinate us both.
We often share ideas and comment on each
others work, we each know we can always get a very honest opinion, which is
essential in order to move forward. Though you have to have a think skin!
I do hope you enjoy using Ghost. Personally
I am going to make myself a dress out of the Ghost Blue main pattern, when I
have a moment. Have a great time sewing and I look forward to seeing what you
make!
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