A self-taught artist and jewellery maker she and her family relocated to the glorious South West coast of Scotland in 2006. Having spent much of her life in big cities the change of lifestyle was an enormous challenge, but gave Shirley the opportunity to return to her love of crafting and art.
Living near to rolling hills, rocky shores and deep forests has inspired Shirley to create an abstract style of art, working in a variety of mediums including acrylic paints, alcohol inks and encaustic wax.Her " Wee Galloway Art " miniature paintings are a popular seller with customers in the gallery, each little painting is produced on a 9 cm x 7 cm canvas and comes with it's own easel for display.
Living near to rolling hills, rocky shores and deep forests has inspired Shirley to create an abstract style of art, working in a variety of mediums including acrylic paints, alcohol inks and encaustic wax.Her " Wee Galloway Art " miniature paintings are a popular seller with customers in the gallery, each little painting is produced on a 9 cm x 7 cm canvas and comes with it's own easel for display.
Services
The shop is run by jewellery maker and artist Shirley Harford. Shirley can often be found at her work station creating her jewellery and she is happy to discuss her work with customers. Shirley is proud to support artists and craft makers from the Dumfries & Galloway area and a selection of their work is available for sale in the shop.
Dumfries and Galloway is home to an amazing array of talented artists and artisan craft makers. Here at Hippidippies we welcome guest artists and crafters and are delighted to showcase some of their work alongside our own arts and crafts. Illustrations by Mike: Mike Abel is our resident artist and illustrator, we sell a selection of his art prints and greetings cards.
