Autumn in Canada was quite an experience. I am used to seeing the beautiful, Autumn colours of the trees in Suffolk but the sheer scale of the woodland areas in the vast country of Canada was a totally new experience. Journeys along country roads meant that your eyes didn’t know which way to look. Amazing!
Colours ranging from yellows, oranges, browns to vivid reds were covering the land as far as the eye could see. Added to this there were the dark green conifers which stretch for miles, particularly around the clear, blue lakes.
Even looking through windows from a house at the head of Lake Kashwakamak was a delight. Autumn colours surrounded by a picture frame!
When out walking, either in the countryside or along the pavements I was collecting leaves of all shapes and sizes and then trying to capture the colour in simple water colour paintings.
Somehow trying to capture the shape and varied colours of each individual leaf. Certainly not an easy task!
Many of the colours are replicated in the patchwork created by the community of Mennonites and the designs incorporating leaves are often created by these talented needlewomen. Certainly colourful inspiration, enabling me to create my own piece of textile work in the near future.
BEYOND STITCH 