Heather Koumi

I first started making batiks 38 years ago, during my Art Foundation course.

In the last ten years, I have used this seductive medium in a more responsive, painterly fashion, creating pieces that exploit the fluid and spontaneous nature of hot wax and liquid dyes.

Wildfire Landscape Wax, dyes & tissue on canvas 50 x 50cm	Pink Landscape Wax, dyes & bleach on tissue paper 15 x 20cm
Shallows II Wax, dyes & bleach on paper 15 x 15cm	Forecast Rain Wax, dyes & bleach on tissue paper 15 x 15cm

Some pieces call for control and subjugation. Others are allowed the freedom to be wild and expressive - to vitalise the surface of the fabric with jewel colours and energetic brush marks. The love of colour is fundamental to my work.