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english artist
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Maisie Jewkes
silk painter & original pattern design
Currently residing in Spain and also known as Maat Silk.
For
ART
me painting on silk and for that matter all
my work is art and more, it’s a thought, an
idea, a feeling and most importantly is a story.
I’ve always had a thing for drawing patterns and
doodling shapes. Swirls, lines, circles, and various
shapes of all kinds. Two large sketch books were
filled with drawings. I took those and hand painted
them onto silk. With inspiration from the forms of
nature and the motifs in ancient art. Colour came in
as well, bright and vibrant bouncing of the surface.
Then words: words that accompany me as I go along.
The colours and patterns of a design blend together
and an idea forms in my head: of an image, a pla