A tea towel is such a humble little item that we use every day, I'm lost if there aren't 2 or 3 within easy reach around my kitchen at any one time.  Ever since being a young girl I have loved patterns, fabric, homewares, so the excitement I am feeling at bringing you this range of humble tea towels is probably beyond understanding.  The realisation of a product out in the world with my art on it is a dream come true.    That may seem strange because I regularly sell my paintings, but it is different I think because it is the next step in a journey of dreaming a big dream and working towards it, learning new skills along the way, meeting new peers on the same journey and industry experts further along the journey.

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The motifs on these designs are nearly all from a sketchbook I filled in the Spring of 2020. Between Covid lockdown periods, the native flowers were blooming in my region, more than I had ever noticed - perhaps I was just more tuned in.  I decided to fill a little sketchbook just with quick loose studies of the wild flowers, sometimes walking and sketching, and sometimes with a bit more of a set up if I had planned to spend several hours out and about my local bush tracks.  Even walking my local streets the weeds were captuing my attention and calling to be painted. 

A highlight was seeing Waratahs growing in the wild for the first time in my life, and the realisation that they grow in very few places but I am lucky enought to have a triangular patch of ground that they like only about 30 mins from my home - in a place called Warah Trig.  When they are in flower it is quite the tourist attraction.