Once again the destination was Burton Agnes Hall to seek out Nel Whatmore.
Nel is in the middle of a fortnight stint and I think she is there until the end of Sept. The weather has been mostly grey and misty the past week so waiting for a lovely sunny day to visit Nel was not going to happen so I just went for it last Sunday.
I found Nel in the little artists conservatory working on a fabulously colourful picture.
Ok the top picture is one of those 'auto awesomed' things but I thought it looked like a painting in it's own right.
Nel works mainly in pastel, it has real depth the way she builds it up, and you can see her tray of pastels below.
It was great having the chance to talk to a 'proper' artist / fabric designer and pick her brains about pattern repeats, creating collections etc, she was absolutely lovely and I can't wait to see what fabric designs emerge from her latest artwork.
Nel creates fabric for Westminster fabrics and here are some of her other pictures on display. You can find her on Facebook and follow a diary of what she is doing whilst at Burton Agnes.
http://www.nelwhatmore.com/
http://www.nelpatterns.com/
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