My coffee series. The tea party is a mixed media piece that is actually my favourite and one I resisted selling for a long time. I love the set-up as if the viewer is about to walk in to a tea party, or perhaps is taking a final glance before they leave..
I love the coffee screen prints as there are so many layers to the pictures that they have almost become a mixed media piece. The colours are very dramatic and something which is important in all my artwork.
Screen Printing is a technique that I have recently really come to love. The ability to overlay images, colours, textures to create a unique piece of art has a compelling appeal.
When I screen print I like to use stencils, that I have previously created, and work at a piece until I am satisfied it is completed. One reason that I have so much texture in my prints is that I did not wait for the paint to dry, instead I keep printing so the colours meet and melt together. By using this technique I can create both deeply complex images with hints at silhouettes and also strikingly minimal pictures, where colour and form are the focus.
