Carrie Neely is a Belfast-born, UK-based licensing artist and designer working across fashion, interiors, and lifestyle brands. She is the founder and director of Art Loves Ltd, a UK art consultancy, and the lead designer of Myrtle & Mary, her surface pattern and homeware brand.
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Carrie Neely is a Belfast-born, UK-based licensing artist and designer working across fashion, interiors, and lifestyle brands. She is the founder and director of Art Loves Ltd, a UK art consultancy, and the lead designer of Myrtle & Mary, her surface pattern and homeware brand. Her most publicly documented collaboration is a collection of 20 silk scarves for Aspinal of London.
Neely's signature combines maximalist digital collage, vintage imagery, intricate pattern work, and hand-drawn elements. Her work draws on pop art's bold graphic lines and geometric forms. Selected Instagram images indicate densely layered, visually rich compositions suited to luxury accessories and homeware applications.
Works in digital collage and illustration, incorporating vintage imagery and hand-drawn elements into finished designs. Her portfolio covers surface pattern design, product design, and large-scale art for hospitality and commercial interiors.
Operates across womenswear, homeware, and hospitality. Documented clients include Aspinal of London (20 silk scarf collection). Her consultancy Art Loves Ltd serves hotels, restaurants, bars, private residences, and public art installations across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. UK homeware licensing is handled through The Brand Department agency.
Graduate in Visual Communications with a specialisation in illustration from Belfast College of Art. Built her early career in the London and New York art scenes of the late 1990s, including a Vice President of Retail role at Eyestorm where she worked alongside Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons on their first limited edition online print sales. Moved through senior management and directorship roles at multiple art and design companies before founding Art Loves Ltd and launching Myrtle & Mary.
Selected patterns (4 images) indicate maximalist, collage-driven surface designs with strong graphic presence - suited to silk printing and premium homeware licensing. Vintage-referencing compositional density and bold pop-art geometry are distinguishing characteristics. Selected placements (2 images) suggest fashion accessories and homeware contexts.
Carrie Neely is a Belfast-born, UK-based licensing artist and designer working across fashion, interiors, and lifestyle brands. She is the founder and director of Art Loves Ltd, a UK art consultancy, and the lead designer of Myrtle & Mary, her surface pattern and homeware brand.
Style and Aesthetic Neely's signature combines maximalist digital collage, vintage imagery, intricate pattern work, and hand-drawn elements. Her work draws on pop art's bold graphic lines and geometric forms.
Pattern Focus Selected patterns (4 images) indicate maximalist, collage-driven surface designs with strong graphic presence - suited to silk printing and premium homeware licensing. Vintage-referencing compositional density and bold pop-art geometry are distinguishing characteristics.
Markets and Clients Operates across womenswear, homeware, and hospitality. Documented clients include Aspinal of London (20 silk scarf collection). Her consultancy Art Loves Ltd serves hotels, restaurants, bars, private residences, and public art installations across the UK, Ireland, and Europe.
Techniques and Tools Works in digital collage and illustration, incorporating vintage imagery and hand-drawn elements into finished designs. Her portfolio covers surface pattern design, product design, and large-scale art for hospitality and commercial interiors.
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Career Path Graduate in Visual Communications with a specialisation in illustration from Belfast College of Art.
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