Buffy

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💚🌹Artist & Green socialist🌹💚 Art, environment, politics, border collies, growing veg & learning Italian I hate injustice & inequality hEDS & deafness 💙 NHS Batik Artist http://buffyrobinson.co.uk mum to the @rickardsisters.com graphic novelists

Black and white border collie on a misty hill
Illustration in the Soviet style, of a triumphant worker breaking the chains of capitalism. From the Rickard Sisters' graphic novel adaptation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Cover design of This Slavery graphic novel by the Rickard Sisters. 2 sisters, Hester and Rachel stand back to back in a cobbled terraced street, against a dramatic fiery orange and red sky of 1910 industrial Lancashire mills. Peeking out from behind Rachel's long skirts is the cheery white face of Jip the dog, adding a touch of hope and humour to the scene.
Batik painting on cotton of spring flowers in a window box. Snowdrops, purple crocus, narcissi, daffs and red tulips - haha, all out at once! Isn't artistic licence great?
Under the red banner 'Socialism, Unity is Strength, the working class socialists of 1911 lead a protest against the establishment
Part of Barrington's 'Great Oration' in two panels from the Rickard Sister's graphic novel adaptation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell.
Cover of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists graphic novel adaptation by @rickardsisters.com
Ragged Trousered Philanthropists graphic novel cover and panels from inside the book
Cover of No Surrender graphic novel by the Rickard Sisters. Women suffragettes hold a banner aloft
Black and white Border Collie sat in a plush pink armchair looking at the camera. One brown eye & one blue one.
Illustration of a proud working man, arms held high, fists raised, breaking the chains of capitalism (from the Rickard Sister's amazing graphic novel adaptation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists)
Cover design of the adaptation of Tressel's The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists graphic novel by the Rickard Sisters. Shows signwriter Owen admiring his hand-painted sign of the title with Bert the apprentice offering him a tin mug of tea, while Crass, the foreman reads behind his penny dreadful comic
A Batik painting by Buffy Robinson. Dawn rises over a broken down dry stone wall on a bleak north country moor. The pale pink light hits the tops of the dark grey stones and the batik-crackled marbled sky is bright with hope for the new day.
Back-lit Batik painting on cotton by Buffy Robinson. The sun sets golden yellow behind the San Salute in Venice. A lampstand in the foreground is silhouetted against the pink sky reflected in the lagoon.
Smiling black and white Border Collie with paws up on a stable door
A Batik painting by British Batik artist Buffy Robinson of Gloucester Old Spots scrumping rosy apples under a laden apple tree in a country orchard
Border Collie, Mr Wilson looking over the stable door
Front cover of the graphic novel adaptation of This Slavery showing the two campaigning sisters back to back against the sky, red with flames over the mills and chimneys of industrial Lancashire. Jip the little white dog in the bottom right corner, is a symbol of cheer and hope amidst the drama.
The front cover of the Rickard Sisters' graphic novel adaptation of Tressell's The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, shows the main character, a signwriter Frank Owen admiring the title of the book he has apparently just completed. Below, the foreman Crass is sat lazily reading a penny dreadful, while a ragged young boy apprentice passes Owen a mug of tea.
The book cover of the Rickard Sisters' new graphic novel This Slavery featuring two sisters back-to-back, supporting each other against an industrial northern mill landscape which appears to be in flames.
A Batik painting of a stem of nodding Fuchsia flowers and buds, vibrant red petals with purple centres with long pink stamens and green leaves against a white crackled batik background, with the fuchsia colours let into the cracks.
A Batik painting on cotton fabric of a blue tit gripping a small branch. The bird is set against a marbled textured background created by cracking the wax in the Batik process and letting the blue/grey dye into the cracks. All my work is lit from behind, the residual wax left in the fabric gives it a translucent quality like stained glass.
A Batik painting of an English village with stone church tower behind leafy summer trees and white painted country pub creates the idyllic backdrop for a village cricket match in progress on the green. A small country road encircles the cricket pitch and rolling green hills, sheep grazed fields under a blue sky with white crackled clouds complete this nostalgic scene.
Hand made Batik lampshade of a bunch of yellow primroses and green leaves against a white batik-crackled background.
Black and yellow striped bumble be with white veined wings on a brown Batik crackled background in a circular window hanging
Front cover of the graphic novel adaptation of Tressell's The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by the Rickard Sisters.
A double-header steam locomotive, clouds of white smoke issuing from its funnel, crosses Whalley Arches in Lancashire, silhouetted against a blue batik-crackled sky. The red brick viaduct, its reflection in the water below, spans the River Calder (which flows into the Ribble) with fields of sheep and trees on both sides. The magnificent Whalley Arches was the view from my window for twenty years before my move to Shropshire.
A blue tit with blue cap and yellow breast grips a forked twig against a white background heavily textured with blue grey batik crackle.
Something to cheer us all up during these grey February days. A window box of spring flowers and fresh green leaves. Red tulips, daffodils, white narcissus, purple crocus and snowdrops blooming in a brown wood box on a stone windowsill. Behind is a white painted window frame and light grey streaked window panes.
The lock-keeper's house at Middlewich in Cheshire with it's beautiful colourful garden tumbling down to the water's edge stands proud under a blue-grey marbled sky. The deep lock with its white-painted balance beams and ornamental detail on its iron entrance catches the eye. In the foreground a small chunky tethered white pony peacefully munches the grass beside the towpath.
A herd of zebras walk and graze around this original Batik lampshade. The overlapping black and white zebras stand out strongly against the hazy blue grey African marbled sky which is crackled with the sand and orange colours of the hot dry savannah grass below.
The scene is of an old run-down Paris café with a small round white metal table and folding chairs on the pavement out front. The cream walls are cracked and peeling and the café windows are covered in old net curtains. The facade is brown with a sign across the frontage reading 'Vins Café Liqueurs. On the pavement the table for two has empty chairs. All that remains is a wine bottle and a single glass. An unsuccessful romantic rendezvous? How sad.
A proud lion with lioness and cub sit under a hot batik-crackled cream and burnt orange sky. This batik was initially part of a colour test for a six panel lampshade featuring lions and cubs, made for a commission in 2016. It is now framed & back-lit and for sale in my Gallery.
A Venetian flower seller on a barge stands amongst her produce under a red and white striped awning which shields her from the sun. The colourful boat laden with flowers and fruit is moored on a canal near a bridge, alongside a wide stone paved area. Behind are typical tall Venetian terracotta, green and yellow ochre houses going down to the water.
Detailed cream stonework of the Banqueting House Whitehall, showing the magnificent Palladian facade against a blue marbled batik-crackled sky and flanked by trees.
A steam locomotive arrives at a country station coming towards the viewer on a bridge across the tracks, only the railings in view. The train is surrounded by grey smoke and clouds of white steam. On the platform, the station master waits outside the white clapper-board station buildings with his flag and next to him, a few passengers prepare to alight. A couple with a single suitcase say an emotional farewell with echos of 'Brief Encounter'. Behind the scene are green sheep-filled hills and a tunnel entrance through which the train is emerging. The sky is summer blue, textured with batik crackle darker blue marbling.
Five white ducks with yellow beaks mess about on the banks of a flowing river bordered by reeds and bullrushes. Another two are tails up diving for food. Three more march purposely away from us in line up a gravel path through dark green grass. The water is a study in blues and greens and batik crackle giving it texture and movement. In the distance the light shines on the water in front of a small brick bridge. The sky is summer blue and deeply crackled with darker blue marbled texture. White puffy clouds rise behind the bridge and the pale distant fields.
A lady in a red cape carrying a green umbrella walks over a small stone Venetian bridge on a grey mizzly day. The light shines off the puddles and the black ironwork of the pretty bridge railings. A sheeted gondola is moored in the foreground and the buildings each side of the narrow canal and the bridge are reflected in the water.
Overlapping zebras walk around a lampshade on a blue background with a warm sandy ground, all marbled with batik crackle in burnt orange.
A robin stands on the branch of a berry-filled holly bush in a snowy landscape with a light blue batik-crackled sky.
A brown stag with antlers stands on the lumpy snow beside a dark green fir tree with snow topped branches. In the distance are snow covered mountains under a heavy blue grey sky.
Dark blue irises with golden centres and white gypsophila are arranged in a Danish Copenhagen blue and white fancy jug. The background is mottled blue on creamy batik crackle.
A child is asleep in a brass bed under a patchwork coverlet. A big red stocking full of presents is hanging on the bed post. A black and white cat is disappearing under the bed to play with a string of paper chains, only his back legs and tail are still visible. Through the curtained window you can see a crescent moon and a starry sky.
A hovering white dove is holding a sprig of olive in his beak inside a circle of holly and berries. Above the holly wreath is a star of Bethlehem. The whole design is set in a light blue batik background and crackled with a tracery of dark green lines.
A black and white cat snoozes on a window sill framed by blue curtains, next to a pot of holly. Outside is a cold wintery scene with snow on the ground and fir trees. The sky is a heavy grey suggesting more snow to come. A robin has landed on the window frame and eyes the cat. Inside, the sleeping cat is oblivious.
A fancy cockerel, multicoloured hens and some yellow baby chicks peck for grain on the stone floor outside a soft redbrick Shropshire barn with its corrugated iron roof and old blue arched wooden door and little round window.
Three black cats and two kittens enjoy the warmth in a conservatory, playing among the palms and citrus trees in terracotta pots.
Small vertical Batik panel with cream, pink and grey striped border contains an art nouveau design of cream and soft pink lily flowers and buds with stylised two-tone green whiplash leaves on a Wedgwood blue batik-crackled background.
A grey cat with white markings reaches up to claw at a red present-filled Christmas stocking hanging on the rail of a dark green Aga. Let's hope there's no chocolate melting in there! The Aga is set in an red brick alcove under an arch decorated with tinsel. The clock above shows it's midnight.
A Swaledale ram with curly horns stands on a stony patch of ground in the green-brown fields of a northern landscape with blue-grey distant hills behind. The white sky is tinged with pink and textured with darker pink batik crackle.
A large ginger tabby stands on a black and white tiled floor in front of a blue Aga and turns his head to watch an invisible hand pouring milk into a saucer from a blue jug.
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The magnificent Chester Cathedral with its soft red sandstone walls and tower sits strong and solid under a batik-crackled blue sky and white textured clouds. The Cathedral is set in its grounds, surrounded by grass and leafy trees with roses in the foreground.
Up on the Lancastrian fells the dawn rises over a broken down drystone wall, the pinkish light catching the tops of the grey stones. The grey-green landscape is crossed by old fenceposts and textured with batik crackle. The sky glows soft creamy pink, textured with greys and blues let into the cracks.
A border collie lies on the grass in front of a drystone wall, alert, tongue out, ears pricked waiting for instruction. Behind the wall, the white sky is tinged with blue batik crackle.
A ginger tom cat with a white blaze, bib and paws, stands facing us in front of a window on the potting shed bench between a galvanised metal watering can and a red potted geranium. Under the bench terracotta flowerpots are stacked haphazardly in three teetering piles.
The buildings of Venice stand out against a bright orange sunset sky, the light shining through the windows of the Santa Croce. In the foreground a gondola is rowed across the lagoon towards the church, silhouetted against the bright reflections in the water.
Two village cricket lovers, the lady in a straw hat, sit watching the match in red and white deck chairs in the shade of two leafy trees on a glorious English summer day. Their picnic with a bottle of wine is set out beside them on the grass on a red and white checked table cloth. We see the two from behind, watching the action of the tiny figures on the pitch in their cricketing whites. In the far distance, the pavilion and the village pub wait invitingly for post-match celebrations.
A traditional narrowboat passes under a stone curved change bridge, its bright paintwork reflected in the water as a pair of swans glide gently by.
Pink tinged skies over the blueish purple hills of distant Paps of Jura form a dramatic back-drop to the turbulent sea with light reflected on the water. On the right in the foreground, some black silhouetted sailing boats huddle together in the blue green waves.