Bio
Biography
~Welcome to Tracy Catchpole Art and Design~
Tracy is an English lady born on the sunny coast of England, she loves the sea, and countryside and finds such purpose in new ideas from her garden and Mother Nature.
Now watercolour has more meaning, bringing both art and design to sit together.
Tracy realises her past as a qualified Florist, and an enthusiastic creative, with many hobbies and desires to make beautiful things for other, helped to keep her creativity alive, as she earnt a living as a business accountant.
Latterly, events happened which led the design world to Tracy.
When doors close space is made for your new destiny.
Tracy now combines her style of Art to Design, exploring her abundant ideas, and only making for purpose and need.
You can learn more about Tracy with her Blogs on Nature, Art and Design creations, and her bi-monthly Newsletter showcasing her designs and art days, so keep up to date with tips and tricks not just for Halloween season, yet lots for getting your homes to look and feel warm and cosy full of layers and texture, If you love the dainty the calm approach you might just love some of this season's pieces to get extra full of colour on your walls there is often a BIG SPLASH SECTION TOO!
"With art and design one can have such a freedom of expression."
Expanding in areas never thought before.
Tracy is taking her own unique elements of her artwork to create new and enchanting seamless pattern designs for many surfaces.
Art with Design can sit side by side either framed as a design piece of added as a physical object to be incorporated into interior designs, as homeware pieces too.
Art can belong with Design and as a bundle to enjoy together.
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Whats happening this month for YOU?
It's October 2025
It's October and we know its time to settle in as the Ghouls and Creepy films approach, YET it is more importantly soon to cast our minds thoughtfully to rembering those lost, and injured to save our country from peril, They sacrificed their lives for us to have peace, freedom, so we could feel safe at home in our own country.
REMEMBRANCE DAY...
For those that fell ~ so we could live and rise each day.
~ Artist Statement ~
I work primarily in watercolour, a medium that allows me to capture the delicate beauty of nature with fluidity and light. Recently, I have also found great joy in exploring coloured pencil art, using quality Derwent Lightfast pencils. With their remarkable permanence—blue wool rated for 100 years—they offer me the chance to create work that can be treasured for generations.
My art often grows beyond the page, finding new life in design. I create scarves in silk, linen, and cotton—pieces that transform original artwork into something exquisite, wearable, and lasting. Alongside fashion, I design for the home: wraps, festive wrappings, and materials for crafting. In this way, I see my practice as part of a larger movement—a new revolution of art and craft—where creativity inspires both beauty and usefulness.
For me, art is not only about expression but about connection. Through my paintings and designs, I hope to bring colour, joy, and imagination into daily life, offering works that enrich homes and inspire the creative spirit in others
My Mission
My Mission is simple, it
Is to combine my
Watercolour Art into Designs.
Generate Unique Styles
JUST FOR YOU!
which will
offer
'The Feel Good' Factor
No matter where you are in Life.
Presently,
My designs are now
Appearing on scarves
Offering
YOU
a Soft Caress.
Helping YOU feel safe, cosy and comfortable
throughout the day
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Future Plan
I hope to add more designs this season with more silk and cotton options.
Research has told me you might like the idea of smaller items,
Including Necktie Scarves
Soft Cottons for Handkerchief Sets
for many purposes: -
Silk Cravats and
Silk Squares
will be more abundant
Cotton and Bamboo are
Highly popular
resourcing from
Organic
Eco-friendly
Supplies
The 'Feel Good Factor'
is Paramount
as well as offering
Coolness in
Hotter Seasons, whether
You
Travel near or far.
"With art and design one can have such a freedom of expression."
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You can learn more from Tracy's website, where she is combining both her Art and her desiigns together.
Expanding in areas never thought before.
The fun expands further as she will be setting time aside to allow you to sign up for not just a blog for the sake of it.. No Tracy wants you to be able to feel excited about new things to learn , new ideas to consider in your own home so you feel your interiors are brighter and calming to rest easy and relax after all we are living in times where trust and loyalty needs to be rejuvenated to mean much more in our everyday lives.
Tracy hopes to deliver some experiences of how to go about creating your own art, by helping you with tips, in her blogs, so you can begin to feel much more comfortable making for yourslelf, your kids, friends and extended families while safe in your homes.
Taking time for real creating, not just watching but participating, it is key to feeling part of a great community
Tracy sees it as a true calling to just be part of something good.
You see Tracy has been experiencing how good it can be to have purpose in our own physical creativity and how it so helps keep the daily rigours of our little worlds at bay to stimulate our mind, body and soul daily.
She wonders if you might like to be part of a regular zoom session to get to know a few people and keep it small so you feel comfortable to speak up even if you fell like you've been sitting like a pretty wallflower for far too long.
Look out for the first few Blog sessions:
The Updates for lots of goodies and ideas in the coming Newsletters - Bi-monthly,
no overload, just enjoyable browsing...directly to your email...
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Tracy begins to explain her processes...thinking about the summer as the nights are already darker since the clocks went back on Sunday 26th Oct 2025.
....Remembering The Summer of 2025...
A special idea bursted into Tracy's mind, as the Summer Sun shone, she took her first image of this 'Agapanthus' with the idea to let it flow to where it might lead.
It takes time to do the things in between - so patience is a virtue for sure.
She gathers ideas to create in many different forms.
What's its purpose going to be?
A painting,
a sketch only,
or use,
as a way,
to begin a design
for the Summer'26.
to be continued...on the Newsletter out In November 2025
Plans for the future,
Begin with marking up what's important
To help set Deadlines
Identify time out - so very important
To Reflect and Rest
Grab you Calendar for 2026! - In store...
Perhaps you want a tea towel with a Calendar - various colourways - more coming.
"Have a purpose to believe in ~ Keep making Art."
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