Nicky Perryman – Nicky Perryman Textile Artist

Inspiration for the art work Yes I must admit I have a bit of an obsession with both goldfinches and pomegranates! I love goldfinches because they are such gorgeous little birds, with the flashes...

https://www.nickyperryman.co.uk/goldfinch-on-pomegranates/

Puffin Commission Who doesn’t love puffins? With their brightly coloured beaks and funny walk, what’s not to adore about these cute little seabirds? I was recently commissioned to do a puffin...

https://www.nickyperryman.co.uk/little-puffin/

My latest project is a Purple Glossy Starling inspired by seeing one at the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham. I love the way the tail is so long and seems to flow behind the bird like a ribbon as ...

https://www.nickyperryman.co.uk/purple-glossy-starling/

I started this artwork a while ago and came across it the other day. I felt it was lacking something so I added the little yellow finch – I guess you could call it a yellowhammer. I cut out a b...

https://www.nickyperryman.co.uk/little-yellowhammer/

Bluejay is part of a trio of commissions I completed recently. Check out American Goldfinch and Yellow Flicker. The Bluejay with wings outstretched represents a rising a spirit. The background is...

https://www.nickyperryman.co.uk/bluejay/

This is part of a trio of commissions I completed recently. Check out American Goldfinch and Bluejay. The Yellow Flicker has been created on hand painted silk and I used quite a lot of ink to cre...

https://www.nickyperryman.co.uk/yellow-flicker/

This is a recent commission I completed for a lady in the USA. It’s an American Goldfinch with some thistles – not quite cardoons but that kind of shape. The background is handpainted silk ha...

https://www.nickyperryman.co.uk/american-goldfinch/

Here are some of the lovely artworks created by the special needs participants during textile sessions held at Creative Arts, Oldbury. We had a lot of fun splashing around with paint, glitter and...

https://www.nickyperryman.co.uk/creative-arts-silk-painting/

My work “The Summer of the Kingfishers” has been featured in the Artistic Impressions section of the World of Interiors magazine – September issue 2017.   The post World of Interiors ap...

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Since I was a small child I’ve always loved kingfishers. This piece ‘The Summer of the Kingfishers’ is inspired by the place down by the river where we used to go to play in the summer and ...

https://www.nickyperryman.co.uk/summer-kingfishers/

  ‘Peacock on a Hilltop’ is a small silk painting embroidered by machine using free machine embroidery and by hand too. I’ve used some rayon and stranded cotton threads for the hand stitch...

https://www.nickyperryman.co.uk/peacock-hilltop/

This mosaic hearth project was designed to be both decorative and practical. In one corner of the hearth, there were some quarry tiles which had been damaged by having heavy logs dumped on them. ...

https://www.nickyperryman.co.uk/mosaic-hearth-project/