"Flaming Tulip Purse"

8.25"X 7.25" (21cm X 18.4cm)
canvas: mono #18
© Sharon Lee Studio

[See too Sharon's exquisite stitching of "Blossom Purse"]

"Poppy Cushion Cover"

12"X 12" (30cm X 30cm)
canvas: mono #12
© Sharon Lee Studio

"Blossom"

10"X 16" (25cm X 41cm)
Inspired by a chinese painting.
© Sharon Lee Studio

This piece above, "Blossom", is her beautiful design which she has stitched to fit into this antique Chinese chair:

Sharon Lee is an artist and designer currently living in Toronto, Canada. After a career at University and in Graphic Design, she returned to her first love, needlework. Since the 1970s, her needlepoint designs have been inspired by oriental art, the designers of the Arts & Crafts movement, medieval manuscripts and the creatures that inhabit the hidden world beneath our feet. Below are just two more gorgeous examples of her oriental designs which you can find, together with many more, in her website.

"Phoenix" size 18" (46cm) round The phoenix, symbol of the empress, adapted from a 19th century tapestry. © Sharon Lee Studio

"Imperial Dragon" size 18" (46cm) round Medalion from the imperial robes of the Qing dynasty emperors. © Sharon Lee Studio

Sharon writes:

"As each is hand painted, I can paint on any size mesh. For example, I recently painted the dragon on 18 mesh and 12, although my piece here was stitched on 14."

See over 200 of Sharon's unique and beautiful hand painted canvases at her Sharon Lee Studio website: www.SharonLeeStudio.com

You can contact Sharon by email: needlepoint@inkart.ca

Sharon Lee is an amazing artist and designer and we have been working together on a range of canvases we call: "Stitchamaze Yourself Designs"

"Flight of Fancy" is one of them . . . and you can see others stitched in the: 'Stitchamaze Yourself Gallery'.