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Gemma Boyd Mixed Media Art Shop

**My mixed media art celebrates the rich and poetic delights present at the meeting of natural forms and the man-made.**
**As an Essex-based allotment owner, I fell in love with the magical sights of irrepressible plant life and the softness of animals, framed by the angular structures used to support crops.**
**Created intuitively, my small works combine bold, vibrant brushstrokes and pencil-thin, intricate details with geometric shapes and white space.**
**I use eco-friendly papers, organic produce I grow myself and recycled materials.**

In February 2013 I had been performing folk fiddle on the snowy terraces of Montmartre, Paris and wound up with tendinitis.

For a long time afterwards I could barely pick up a fork but needed a creative outlet. That was when I thought, “I can’t play my musical instruments, however I could have a go at drawing them!”

Art had been a favourite subject at school and throughout my Related Arts and English degree. Almost 20 years later I took it up again; creating handmade double bass-themed postcards, mixed media art, creative coding sketches, digital art and black and white poetry illustrations.

I am also a prize-winning photographer and my photographs have been published alongside my live gig reviews for Jazzwise Magazine.

In February 2021 three of my pieces were exhibited in ‘Encountering A New Normal’ - an online exhibition for neurodiverse women artists, and in April 2021 I completed the ‘12ocollective:30works30days 2021’ challenge; a month-long project where participants are required to submit a new piece of work every day for the month of April.

At the beginning of 2022 I learnt how to build my own cob cottage which I’m planning to create with my own hands and feet off-grid in Europe or America. I also initiated some chalk talk on the pavement outside my house where my neighbours can let their imaginations and creativity run wild.

Last season at my allotments I experimented with a mandala permaculture design and have been selling my cordial, wine, cider, tea, kombucha, sauerkraut, chutney and jam in upcycled glass with funky labels at local car boot sales.

I set up Gemma Boyd Mixed Media on Etsy because I love handmade items and feeling a part of a global community. Also COVID-19 anxiety had made me think about selling my offerings online.

All of the artwork on this page is by Gemma Boyd