After a hectic summer of exhibiting and teaching, not to mention family occasions, we leave soon for our annual pilgrimage to Spain. Certain places and areas have always offered inspiration. The changing light, the colours, the different crops each year, when sunflowers previously grown turn into fields of lavender, distant mountain ranges that are blue, grey, rose, depending on the weather conditions are all things I look for. I make drawings, never quite sure which ones will lead to a textile, and often return to earlier sketchbooks which are like diaries for me. Here are some images from a previous visit taken from the wonderful landscape of the central plateau, the Meseta
This is near Covarrubias in Castille, one of our favourite places. Lavender grows next to the burnt sierra soil and golden wheatfields
This is a drawing taken from here,
. As you can see the farmhouse doesnt get into my drawing on this occasion!
–and here is a machine embroidery that found a new home last week! The end result is never the same as the starting point, as once I’m on my sewing machine anything can happen, but it wouldn’t take shape without the knowledge gained from looking and drawing
I can see why you love doing these landscapes so much, they’re gorgeous. It’s much more interesting to make your own impression of the photo, I think.
Thanks Meta. I look regularly at your lovely work as well!
A lovely painting and congrats that it has a new home !
I enjoy the changes made from photo to sketch to finished work.
Thank you! I love drawing and thinking as you never know what will happen
c est vrai que entre le dessin, la peinture et la broderie la main change un peu au fur et à mesure les fils ne sont pas comme la peinture ils brillent
Merci bien Florence! Je te comprends bien et je pense que tu a raison!