The English garden was the inspiration for the womenswear collection that I designed for the Joules competition. My collection was inspired by both French Impressionist paintings of gardens and the work of contemporary Impressionist artists. The works of Jessica Zoob influenced my paintings of bold, large-scale flowers using a thick impasto painting technique. I used these as bold floral prints in my collection. Incorporating painterly textures into the background of my prints was another method influenced by this artist. In addition, I have used a few elements of my paintings to create a couple of coordinate ditsy prints.
My designs were also inspired by the work of contemporary Impressionist photographers like Garry Black. Their influence can be seen in my use of the opacity tool on photoshop to blur my paintings of leaves.
I have made some of my designs more commercial by making the prints multi directional. My research on the Joules brand encouraged me to use a few vibrant colours in the collection and to include some textured painterly stripes which I have combined with my floral paintings