Betty Morris

My work is inspired by my love of landscape and nature and of the changes caused by the passage of time-- “pleasing decay”. The North York Moors with their sheep and old waymarking stones, the woodlands of Lancashire, the old abbeys are sources for my work which are based on my sketches and photographs.
I use both free machine stitching and hand stitching combined with paints, dyes, applied fabrics and handmade papers to suggest the colours and textures of the landscape.

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Souvenir of Italy BM
The Church by the Shore, Cyprus BM
Above: Souvenir of Italy
Size: 15 x 76cm
Materials/techniques:c

Above: Church by the Shore, Cyprus
Size: 50 x 30cm
Materials/techniques: Hand and free machine stitching
Price: £250

Lindisfarne Memory BM
Right: Lindisfarne Memory
Size: 36 x 30cm
Materials/techniques:Paper, Fabric and Stitch
The Red Tree BM Combo Gardens, Fife BM

Above: Combo Gardens, Fife
Size: 36 x 30cm
Materials/technique: Hand and Free Machine Stitching using dissolvable fabric and applique

Above: The Red Tree
Size: 46 x 36cm
Materials/technique: Hand and Free Machine Stitching using dissolvable fabric and applique
Dancing Cranes
Stones of Jervaulx Abbey
Above: Dancing Cranes
Size: 25 x 20cm (inc frame)
Materials/techniques: Hand stitching. 
Source: Relates to Chinese embroidery
 Above:The Stones of Jervaulx Abbey
Size: 30 x 25cm (inc frame)
Materials/techniques: Applied fabrics, paint and stitch stitching
Brougham Castle
 Left: Brougham Castle.
Frame size:   13"x10"
Materials: papers,silk papers,
machinestitching on dissolvable fabric.
Source: my sketches of the
castle at Penrith
Parc Monceau

Dales Village BM

Above: Dales Village

Frame size   16"x16"
Paint, applied fabrics,hand and machine stitching.
Source; based  loosely on sketches of Clapham.
Above: Parc Monceau
Frame size: 18"x14"
Materials: Applique of dyed silks etc.,hand and free machine stitching.
Source: a Parisian park with a wonderful collection of statues and monuments.On my last visit there was beautiful autumn colour.
Design based on my sketches and photos.

 

 

Right: Bolton Castle, Wensleydale.                                  
Size:   18”x14”
Materials/technique:Paint, appliqué, hand & machine stitch on paper.
Source:The artist's sketches                                    
 Price:  £140

 

Bolton Castle BM
Washday in Venice BM
Golden Light BM

Above: Washday,Venice  
Size:  12”x12”
Materials/technique:  Applied fabrics and paper; hand & machine stitch
Source: Views of Venice, based on sketches and photographs
Prtice:  £140

Above:  GoldenLight, Venice 
Size: 12”x12”
Materials/technique:  Applied fabrics and paper; hand & machine stitch
Source:  Views of Venice, based on sketches and photographs
Price:  £140
Canal, Venice BM
Left: Canal, Venice              
Size:   12”x12”
Materials/technique:  Applied fabrics and paper; hand & machine stitch
Source: Views of Venice, based on sketches and photographs
Price:    £140

Right:   Moorland Sheep                                    
Size:  18”x14”
Materials/technique: Applied Fabrics, hand & machine stitch.
Source:  North York Moors
Price:  £250

Moorland Sheep BM
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