Jackie Toal has recently been selected into the Ulster Society of Women Artists in 2022 as an associate member. She is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer and educator who creates work in both traditional media and using digital technologies. She loves traditional painting created with oils, watercolors, acrylics, mixed media and has a keen interest in screen printing. She is very much inspired by the colour of nature and particularly flowers which feature predominately in her work, the main genre of Jackie’s work is floral and still life. She has a background in printed textiles and continues to explore surface pattern with digital tools and can often be found with her iPad drawing and mark making creating patterns and designs. Jackie has a BA Hons in Textile and fashion (1993), an MSc in Computing and Design (2001) and a Postgraduate diploma in teaching for further and higher education (2005) from Ulster university. She has experience working in swimwear design, printed textiles, interior design and as a colourist for fabrics for furnishings. She currently is a full-time lecturer with over twenty years’ experience at Southern Regional College teaching on disciplines ranging from Art fundamentals to that of Immersive technologies (Virtual and Augmented reality). She has sold paintings regionally and private commissions. In her early career she sold designs in the US, Europe, Japan and UK. Jackie Toal (@jacqueline__toal) • Instagram photos and videos