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🎉145th RUA Annual Exhibition

This year the RUA are exhibiting my Mount Stewart Landscape Embroidery as part of their Annual Exhibition within the Ulster Museum.

Mount Stewart is situated on the shores of Strangford Lough in County Down. A special place for many, cared for by the National Trust.

The rhododendrons, rose gardens, the lake and cygnets, the Temple of the Winds, Japanese Garden....and a slice of Victoria Sponge as an incentive for your walk...

As we saw recently on BBC Springwatch, the grounds are home to vast wildlife and wonderful histories. Mount Stewart has always been close to my heart with frequent family walks and picnics within its grounds. I know that I have mentioned my love for this place before, so I shall not emphasise this further - but it is a pleasure to have the ability to represent Mount Stewart in textile form.

The embroidery is completed on Navy Irish Linen (Baird McNutt) and has been framed by Turner Framing in a fine pine and off white mount. The actual Linen Landscape itself represents this time of year, with changing colours, gold to orange foliage, and crisp still Lough tides.

I am truly grateful to see my work hung within the RUA Annual Exhibition for a second year. I hope that some of you have a change to visit the galleries and to see the embroidery close up to appreciate the colours.

On the RUA website, you can find links to artist's statements where you can read more about their work and appreciate the thought and practice from an entirely different lens.

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