Paula Mills Art

Sweet William is in the process of setting up for our next big market season! It is a very busy time from now up until Christmas. We will be at the following markets: Finders Keepers - 4th/5th October-  Melbourne Renegade Craft Fair - 9/10th November - London Markit@Fedsqaure - 24th November - Melbourne Magnolia Square - 28-30 November - Melbourne Big Design Market - 6-8 December - Melbourne And there may be more - there is one in Ireland too (need Shelley to add her dates). We start each new market season with a brand new stall set up, which is great fun to work on. At the moment I am being very taken by the colour scheme of gold with pastels. I am loving a bit of shimmery gold set against a flat pastel colour. I have been collecting images in Pinterest and will start putting it all together soon. Here are some images from my ideas Pinterest board (all links to images in Pinterest ). Enjoy!

We are super duper excited about our A3 size posters ! These are of original pen and ink drawing done by myself, Paula Mills. The A3 posters are printed on a high quality, recycled, matt paper using vegetable based inks. The actual artwork measures 420mm x 297mm.(16.5x11.7 inches) and fits perfectly into the Ikea Ribba 40x50 cm frame plus mount (as pictured in first shot). There are six designs to choose from in the poster range .  We do a bigger print run on the posters therefore we are able to offer them at a brilliant price! YAY!

I think one of the challenges of an artist or illustrator is working out your own 'personal style'.  Finding a style that feels comfortable and that comes easily, is quite a challenge. Then, just when you feel you are settling into something which you can claim as your own  - wham! A whole new direction comes along! I suppose it is good to embrace change and never stagnate. I do love a bit of diversity. I have been very inspired by all the bright colours, clean geometric shapes and graphics that are around at the moment. (Check out Marimekko's website for a big dose of bright poppy graphics - amazing!) While I have always been drawn to colour and pattern, have dabbled with a bit of collage and abstract work, I will admit that these four pieces of work are quite different to anything else I have done...but I am still happy for them to sit amongst the rest of the Sweet William creations because at the end of the day they are still unique to me. I hope you enjoy...

I am aware that as we long for signs of Spring down here in the Southern hemisphere, others are preparing for Autmn. This beautiful treasury, that incorporates our Home Sweet Home print, was created by Atelier Unomi on etsy and is entitled My Autumn Table. Enjoy.