Plant Lover's Fair: Kariong NSW

This time next week I will be showing my wares at the Plant lover's Fair at Kariong.

I am looking forward to a big weekend of chat and some serious plant buying. Seed and card gift packs, cards, placemat/coaster sets, trays, printed canvas and fabric items will be on offer

Sat 28 - Sun 29th Sept: Kariong Mountains High School. 9 -4pm daily.
More details on the website here.

Gabby Malpas: Printed Canvases

A selection of canvas prints of my artwork.

Details on my website

Sydney Etsy Market: 7th September

Yay!
I am so exited to be at this market in a couple of weeks time!
There is a fab lineup of makers and I will be offering printed canvases, placemat and coaster sets, cards, scarves and trays: the trays and printed canvases are not available through my etsy store so if you want one - please come and pay us a visit!

And the finished work....

Title: Roy and Emma's Garden at Ridware Hall
Watercolour, collage and pencil on Arches paper
Each Panel: 55cm x 143cm

Commission - work in progress pictures

 Forgive the irregular posts.  For the last couple of weeks I have been working on my largest commission to date for clients in the UK.

This one was to incorporate English cottage/woodland flowers, pet cats, a pet parrot, a peacock, some blue and white ceramics, mauve rhododendrons and various other bits and pieces that have some meaning in the couple's lives.

Here is a picture diary of progress to date following a rough sketch for approval in June:

 

 

Pattern repeats - the results

And here they are

Aren't they gorgeous?!!

Little sketches

I have to keep working at the mojo.  One of the ways I do this is to work on little sketches of my own imagination, without having something in front of me.

I tend to draw on favourite illustrations, designers and childhood books at times like these.
I am currently liking Marimekko and a host of beautiful work on Spoonflower but have also drawn  inspiration from Tove Jansson's books about Moomintrolls and summers in the northern hemisphere.

Blog hopping and the power of the interweb!

Yesterday I posted an A4 print of my gumleaves image to someone in NSW as the prize for a competition.

The competition ran on the 'homely one' blog in May 2013. Thanks to the power of the interweb, my art is being seen by people all over.  Amanda first bought a print from my etsy store a while back.  She liked it so much she decided to purchase another one as a prize.

Thanks Amanda!

Here's a link to her lovely blog

and more pattern repeat designs...

I am really channeling the blue and white theme here.  I am intending for the birds, butterflies and other items to be 'woven' into the design.

And here are some images of flowers and berries specifically for these designs - just as scanned.  You can see I ran out of paper for the 2nd camellia so had to glue another strip on:

Chinoiserie pattern images

So here are some ideas for my chinoiserie inspired textile designs.  Him indoors is currently scanning the bigger and more realistic images of camelias, Australian lily pilly (monkey apples), and citrus to complete the selection.  I think mixing realistic and fantasy images might be interesting.

As these will all be 'cut up' in Photoshop and rearranged, they are not presented s finished 'pictures'.
I'm channeling Manuel Canovas' designs below: isn't this gorgeous??!!  I love the duck egg blue background!