Born in 1950, educated in Birmingham, Delia has a first degree in English and Sociology from the University of York. In 1987, after extensive experience teaching both abroad (in the Far East) and in London, Delia graduated from Chelsea School of Art in Mural Design (specializing in Stained glass). From 1987 to 89 she attended the Royal College of Art as a student in the Visual Islamic and Traditional Art Department. Here she undertook an MA by project which involved a course in sacred geometry and traditional design. Her work was tutored by Dr. Keith Crichlow to whom much of the original work is indebted. As part of the project she wrote a 30,000 word these on Gender and Iconography that examined the use of female images in various cultures and contexts.

The computer generated print collage of a rose window design developed for In the Womb of the Rose gained a joint first prize in the Student Category of the National Eidographics/RCA Computer Generated Design Competition for 1989.

Cosmic egg 85cm diameter - 2002

Kali 75cm x 120cm - 1989

Lilith 85cm by 135cm - 1999

Kali was made as a full scale sample piece of one of the Archetype panels for the project in 1989. Lilith was completed in 1999 as a second sample panel for the window for the Heroine level. The Cosmic Egg was completed in 2002.

Ganesha
Remover of Obstacles and Patron of all new beginnings
Stained , etched, painted panel 40cm x 60cm
©D.A.Whitbread 2002

©DA Whitbread MA(RCA), School of Arts, Design, Media and Culture, University of Sunderland, UK. June 1st, 2006