As I said a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been working on several designs inspired by the work of Tom Phillips, and have just finished the latest one. This was one of his paintings that caught my eye:
Tom Philips' Arabesques
It’s called “Ornament II: Arabesque” and I can see why: all those shapes do look like arabesques of some kind. But to me the picture looked more like a flock of birds whirling around in a mad cloud, bumping into each other and then breaking away. I liked the patches of different colours in the background too. So I did a quick sketch of a mass of demented birds bouncing in all directions, and digitised them over patches of different colours and then stitched them out in different pastel shades. It’s sort of crazy but it will do to pass on to an Aberdeen gallery who has been asking for some works to exhibit – it would be at home in an arty atmosphere, I think
A crazy flock of birds
I like it!
Man, that must have been a long time stitching out.
I think I like this the best of all your work that I have seen. Everything about it is wonderful. Great work!
You have captured the feel and movement of your inspiration piece — lovely!
It is fantastic. You captured the Arabesques style perfectly with your demented birds. I could also see this done with fish swimming in warm tropical waters. How big is the finished size? How many hoopings did you have to do to make another master piece? I LOVE it!
All I can say is OH MY!!!!!!!!
You have outdone yourself and the artist in this one. What a great example of art and embroidery going hand and hand. So creative and inspirational…Keep up the great work..
Love your interpretation of Tom Phillips’s Arabesque painting in embroidery using colorful demented birds. You have created another artistic/embroidery work of art.
This is outstanding! Your creativity is blazing out across cyberspace! Each bird has individual personality and looking from a distance without seeing a single bird, your work is a great accomplishment. I will download this to my desk top and keep enjoying it.
This is great. I really enjoy how you can see art or a design or even a picture and create animals from it. Thank you so much for inspiring me. Love your blog! Deena