Unique paintings and hand crafted jewellery created in response to the beautiful atmosphere of the wild west Scottish coastline. I paint with acrylics on canvas and also craft jewellery, each item being one of a kind. I use sterling silver findings and fine silver wire with art canvas, sea glass, and sea pottery, sourced from the shore , usually to make earrings. I also use glass and porcelain beads, gem stones and occasionally fabrics in ocean and shore colours. Something about the shoreline has always evoked in me the feeling of being in a treasure trove; a place of unending discovery and intricacy, where every step reveals something utterly unique to the time and place. Each tide shifts and yields, removes and restores, and every wave washes like no other ever has – the shore is full of life and eternity. I walk along the shore and select, perhaps, a piece of tumbled pottery, remnants of pattern and colour echoing a former design, or maybe a piece of sea-worn glass whose shape and tone could be enhanced with silver. Sometimes it is just that my surroundings inspire a painted design, such as in my butterfly earrings collection, or a new work on stretched canvas.. At home in our cottage I have a workroom studio which I share with my husband and fellow artist, Graham. I often sketch out possible designs, considering perhaps the individual character of found items. If I am making jewellery using shore found pieces I hand wash and clean each treasure before crafting the design using fine silver wire, sometimes with other silver findings or glass beads, to create the pendant(s). For my painted earrings and butterflies I consider colour combinations and which beads or silver to pair with the new creations.
