An illustrator, graphic designer and portrait artist, easygoing Lisa Baudry specialises in the wonderful world of shapes, patterns and colours.

She began with designs for branding, then expanded into patterns for paper products and apparel, such as for fashion designer Beth Ellery, now she's moving into the world of interiors.

Her recent victory in the 2018 Bolt of Cloth textile competition might have been her first official foray into patterns for interior textiles, but it's one that's got her hooked.

"The first time I saw some of my work get reproduced onto silk, I just loved that it moved," Baudry said. "It's artwork that moves. I love it. It just seems so flat now on cardboard or paper. I love that you can wear it or that it can be part of your life."

These days a resident of Auckland suburb, Avondale, where she lives with her husband Kris and her daughter, Marlowe, 8, Baudry hails from a little place down the line. Which may be where her fascination with natural forms began.Read more at:www.marieaustralia.com/yellow-formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/orange-formal-dresses