So is this really art show time? No, we don’t have many exhibitions here in the winter months, and the really big events aren’t until summer or autumn. But last year I realised that, because I hadn’t prepared early, when the time did come I didn’t have many pieces suitable for exhibition. So this year it’s going to be a really early start, and I’ve recently been working on the kind of large pieces that I need to enter shows with. Which explains, incidentally, why I haven’t posted here recently - these exhibition pieces take quite a long time to design, digitise and stitch out. But this is my first attempt for this year.
Some Green Escher birds
I’ve always been fascinated by the work of the Dutch artist Escher, and have been inspired by him in many ways. This is a sort of Escheresque composition - yes, I know it's not done in the true Escher style, but I tried to give them the same feeling that he gives his animals, of fitting nicely into the shape of their neighbours. Long-term blog readers may recognise this as something I lifted from one of my past designs featuring birds in a tree. But these birds should be good enough on their own when they’re nicely framed