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Gilly studied drawing in numerous formal workshops and settings and has been coached by a number of professional artists and crafts people.

She believes that drawing is an essential skill that underpins the artistic process and is fundamental to the creation of great works of art.

Much of Gilly’s work over the last few years has been inspired by great artists like the legendary Picasso, whose works are subject of unending analysis, gossip, dislike and adoration. Many of her previous works are in her way a tribute to the women who gave away their identity and freedom which through their selfless acts gave inspiration to much of Picasso’s work and genius.

Gilly has developed her own unique method by the use of silk and stitch as her paint box, all her pictures are drawn on loose canvas and the hand stitched – in her work Guernica there are over 500,000 individual stitches (now in private collection).

Exhibitions

2005 September- Participated in Devon Open studios

2008/09 Work exhibited and sold at 69 Collective Totnes Devon

2010 April – Inside Trail Exhibition Ariel Gallery Totnes Devon

2010 November – Exeter Castle ‘Art at the Castle’

2010 December – Work exhibited and sold at POP Gallery Bedford street Exeter

2011 April – Immersive Worlds Spanish Barn Torre Abbey Torquay

2012 June – Spanish Barn Torre Abbey Torquay

2015 – Artizan Gallery Torquay Open

2016 – Artizan Gallery Torquay

2022 – Quay Arts Gallery Open

2022 – Monkton Arts Open add another page.