Hilary Strickland Art

“Art, Nature and Tranquility in Your Home” is the foundation of my work as an artist-maker. I turn my watercolour paintings into homewares such as table-linens, cushions, lampshades as well as prints and cards.

With a lifelong appreciation and respect for the natural world, being outdoors is a place I love to be - absorbing the expanses of land, sea, sky.

Working from my home in Bath I use pencil, watercolour and washes to capture the intricacies and beauty of wildlife around us - from the delicacy of a dragonfly's wing to the vibrancy of poppies.

Inspired by a one-off request for a honey bee cushion - from a painting exhibited in a local arts trail several years ago - my business has gradually developed and continues to evolve, aiming to bring the natural world into everyone's home.

Made in the UK and designed to be as natural and sustainable as possible I work alongside carefully chosen specialists. The linen is printed in Cheshire with cushion covers, table runners and smaller items stitched near Brecon and the lampshade fabric arrives in Bath where I make them myself. Prints and frames are produced in Somerset (I do the torn edges and float mounting myself), with cotton tea towels made close to my own roots, in Lincolnshire.