Lois Heyhoe

Since having left University where I studied Art and Education for three years my art has progressed from studying collage work towards contemporary free hand embroidery. When I left my studies I was using images and themes from the story of Alice in wonderland which lead me to become fond of the idea of collecting and sourcing different material and colours to create unique styles and encouraged me present my art in distinctive ways. The theme of using figures and faces arose from this topic as well, and here I explored for different ways to present them. Using a sewing machine to create different images of figures has been a theme which I have become more interested in and have therefore continued with through all my canvas pieces. An important aspect for me with these images is the colour used. All the colours selected were purposely chosen and contracted together to build a vibrant and bold representation of my design. These images were inspired from illustrations from a variety of artists as Mucha and Klimt who I have studied and admired for many years and from these been motivated to develop and create my abstract characters.