Beginning 'The White Flower'

Just the beginning of this piece, called 'The White Flower' (after the beautiful Kawabata short story of the same name).  I made the drawings on front and back, watercolored, and now the long, laborious process of the multi-layored embroidery begins. 

I'm currently working on four canvases in 'The Thin Red Line' series, and aim to have ten completed.

Below, a picture of the reverse side of 'The White Flower':

Beginning 'The Red Balloon'

The start of another new piece, 'The Red Balloon'.  I anticipate being finished with both this work and 'Margadh na Gruaige' ('The Hair Market') in about a week.  As you can see above, I've just started with the embroidery, and have quite a lot left.  

The new series will be called 'The Thin Red Line'.