about
Since around 2009, Louise has continually experimented with painting on silk, hand embroidery, and free motion machine embroidery to create realistic landscapes.
To create her embroidered paintings Louise first stretches a piece of silk in a hoop, then renders background elements of the composition using a small brush and silk paint.
Foreground elements of the landscape are rendered using hand embroidery. Some pieces also feature free motion machine embroidery, ribbon work, and other fibre elements. The effect is somewhere between two- and three-dimensional and with a glow and sheen unique to the medium of silk and thread.
artist statement
I create landscapes by embroidering by hand on hand-painted silk. I hope the realistic and textured nature of the artwork helps you feel you are in the scene itself — and that the scene is in you.
