Peranakan ceramics

A selection of Peranakan and Chinese ceramics for forthcoming shows and projects.  I am enamoured by the beautiful colours of Peranakan ware, made especially for the Straits Chinese communities of SE Asia.

I reference the patterns and shapes through books and google - seriously, if I had these at home I'd be worth a fortune!

New images for forthcoming shows

I didn't have a Christmas or NY break, instead I've been working on a lot of new projects and images for forthcoming shows.  I have three booked in for 2015 so have to work while the mojo is hot.

Tigermom - work in progress

Soon after New Year, I took a trip to Hillandale Gardens & Nursery in Yetholme to spend the day with my chum Sarah, talk about the new seed varieties I need to paint for this year's crop and enjoy the countryside.

Of course I came back with armfuls of flowers: Hydrangeas and tigerlilies so I set to, and started working on this image: 'Tiger mom', a gentle parody/protest at that term for overtly pushy and ambitious Asian mothers.  I have put the tiger lillies into some very colourful Peranakan pots - these beautiful porcelian pieces were used at weddings amongst the Straits Chinese community in Singapore and Malaysia and I've been a huge fan ever since I came across some in a museum in Penang around 1988.