Traditionally drawing was slow, methodical, contemplative and disciplined. Pretty takes these ideas, and images from the
past and propels them into the present while honouring her predecessors, in this instance Lucas Cranach and Hieronymus
Bosch. 
Her embroideries are drawings for future paintings, each one taking up to three months to complete; thousands of stitches
exploring the human condition.

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Kelly Pretty Drawing 73. Hey that's mine there Filament, carbon and graphite on cotton, 2015
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Kelly Pretty Drawing 82. No Contest Filament, carbon and graphite on cotton, 2015
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Kelly Pretty
Drawing 52.  The Deepness of Puddles
Filament, carbon and graphite on cotton, 2013
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Kelly Pretty Drawing 82, Harmony in One Filament, carbon and graphite on cotton, 2013
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