I wasn't disappointed

Gill Boyle's exhibition at the Willoughby Memorial Trust Gallery (see this morning's post) was inspirational. The exhibition covered many aspects of her work from watercolour painting to highly textured and embellished textile work. By a stroke of luck Gill turned up while we were there and she has given me permission to show one or two photographs here.

This piece includes seedpods, textiles, scrim, skeletal leaves, beads and metal.
This is a detail from a large piece of embellished fibres and embroidery which won Gill a Madeira Embroidery prize. I could not decide what had been used to give a waxen looking finish to this piece (wax maybe?) but the surface was thickly encrusted and many materials had been included. The image above is a detail of what was about a 24" x 16" canvas.
This is a detail from a large painting which I liked for its colour.

Gill very kindly gave me permission to show her work here so please respect her copyright - as will I. I'm hoping that Gill will soon run some classes so that I can learn some of her techniques first hand. Regrettably she does not have a website at present. I find it is often easier to pick something up when someone shows you and you then try it for yourself.

Burghley House (continued)

Thought I would post a few more of the Burghley pics as I don't seem to have the time to blog fully at the moment. Mum goes to my brother's tomorrow so I may then start to catch up a bit (don't hold your breath!).

I failed to make a note of the artist responsible for the "frames" or of the actual title of the work so I apologise for not being able to credit the work.

The stable end wall below brought me up short for the different textures (sorry about the wheelie bin - trash can).

You can tell I'm fascinated by rust can't you? The back of the rust face was even more dynamic than the front.