The paintings are made with acrylic paint on canvas stretched on a wooden frame, they can be hung without an outer frame.
I like the mystery of art, how images arrive through the process of painting and repainting. Animals, trees and flowers usually appear and I think they link to the unconscious or collective consciousness.
I am open to letting ideas flow through me.

I have painted animals for many years but the human figure has been calling me for sometime. I think the art dolls are one way I can bring the human form back into my work. In a way I am unable to say where painting will take me next and that is the journey.
Works that are sold are held in private collections in America, New Zealand, Europe and the UK.

In 2024 I have continued making art dolls and started to make stitched rolls using a range of recycled materials and thread they seem to be a form of collage made on fabric rather than paper. I like the challenge they present because, as with the paintings, I don't know what the finished outcomes will be. I am not planning to make them to sell they are experimental pieces, its like trying to find a new way to say something. I like the simplicity of materials: a needle, thread and fabric. It is also tactile: soft, smooth, silky and wonderfully colourful. I will be adding photos/videos to the textile page soon.

"I found I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldn't say in any other way - things I had no words for"
Georgia O'Keeffe.

Many thanks to my customers your support is really appreciated.
Thankyou for your interest.
Please contact me at contact@colleenshaw.co.uk if you are interested in my work.

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