Gwen Turner has always been interested in the effects of light and texture on colour. She is currently combining a Foundation degree in Visual Arts with the City and Guilds Embroidery course.

Her interests have always been in the natural word both from scientific realistic detail to its interpretation into the abstract. Her work includes photography, plant drawing and painting, life drawing and painting, etching and printmaking and printing onto ceramic and glass tiles.

She has found that "painting with textiles" is inspiring and she is developing her work on surface textures using dyes and fabric paints as well as fabric manipulation combined with hand and machine embroidery while continuing to pursue her long standing interest in applique.

gwen.turner@lycos.com

This is cut back applique based on  Eryngium leaves photographed at Parcival Hall near Skipton Yorkshire. 225mmx230mm 330mmx340mm framed

This little parrot at Harewood House kept his head under his wing and his eye on his visitors. Silk applique. 223mmx260mm. 330mmx375mm framed

Wall hanging inspired by the view from the steps up to Whiby Abbey. Applique and painted fabrics. 910mmx21mm.

The chair on the terrace. Various fabrics appliqued onto silk. 225mmx225mm. 333mmx340mm framed.

Applique and painted fabrics inspired by current fashion. 990mmx21mm Wall Hanging.

Vivienne Westwood wedge. Detail from wall hanging.

This large wall hanging was inspired by a bricked-up window in a ruined church in York. The gargoyles were drawn from York minster and St Michael-le-Belfry and screen printed onto muslin. Appliqued painted silks and recycled fabric. 1150mmx2240mm

Applique silk on silks and silk paper. Inspired by John Pipers tivetshall St Mary. 220mmx250mm.

Painted silk and appliqued synthetics.230mmx260mm

Eryngium giganteum. Miss Wilmott's Ghost. Wall hanging approx 1000mm X 100mm. Painted silk background, machine embroidered Eryngium. 3D flower sepals of painted and stiffened silk and heads of needle lace over dyed silk cocoons.

Detail of Eryngium giganteum wall hanging.

Detail 2 of Eryngium .

Holly leaf created from stiffened and wired silk with sheer overlaid and stitched.

Holly leaf felt hat machine embroidered.

Vitis coignettiae in Autumn at Harlow Carr Garden. Leaces created from silk Dupion, overlaid with sheers and embroidered Approx 250X 800 mm..

Detail from vitis 1.

Detail of vitis 2

Seaweed bowl. Fronds created from embroidered and wired silks. The bowl was created from free machining on dissolvable fabric.

Matisse Fauve cup and saucer. Silk applique 3D picture. Approx 230X230mm

Silk with free machine embroidery.

Appliqued various fabrics. Approx 180X180mm.

Created from off-cuts of silk ans sheers. Approx 200X200 mm.