About The Silk Artist

Well thank you for being interested!
This is me, Gill Kitchen. I hail from Altrincham, a Cheshire town south of Manchester in the north west of England and now I live in Tramore in Co. Waterford, a small seaside resort in the south east of Ireland with my family.

Tramore is lovely with a beautiful coastline and rolling hills.

I spent a reckless youth travelling the world (well not the whole of it obviously) and lived in Australia and Holland before settling here to live a responsible and productive life.

Anyway, I love silk painting and apart from my fabulous kids it is my passion. I have been silk painting for over 20 years and have been selling my work through shops and private commissions.
I specialise in the French Serti silk painting technique which is the main technique used with silk painting patterns.

It has become obvious to me that there are very few patterns easily available for silk painters to use. Silk painting books are great for teaching the basics and for offering some projects to try but actual tracing patterns are elusive.
For this reason I developed this website. Patterns are easy to use and there is reassurance in knowing from the start what your finished picture will be rather than blindly brushing paint on to a panel of silk and hoping for the best.

I have also designed a range of nail wraps using some of my silk designs and you can view the range here.

So I really hope you enjoy this site and if you have any comments, questions or suggestions (lets keep it friendly eh!) I would really love to hear from you. I may even put some of your more flattering remarks on this site if you are very very lucky.