Women in Art 278 Magazine March 2014 | Page 34

website blog english artist etsy 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