ABOUT

Hello! My name is Raymond Ware. Thank you for stopping by to review my collections.

Born in Australia, I am an Illustrative and Surface Pattern Designer now based in New York, NY. I create patterns and illustrative designs for clients in the housewares, fashion, and quilting industries.

My designs are detailed and intricately finished using a variety of methods, including gouache and watercolor rendering, hand-inked drawing, and digital manipulation, predominantly using Adobe Illustrator and/or Photoshop.

I have a passion for detail and a love of color, thoughtful design, and pattern, so I find inspiration everywhere, not just in the extraordinary but also in the everyday. I love discovering unusual forms and geometric patterns hidden in our amazing planet’s collection of flowers and foliage. Naturally curious, my inspiration comes from my love of travel and my treasured morning walks, where I often lose track of time just wondering in my wandering!

My career, spanning more than 25 years in various design disciplines, has been more sharply focused on my formal design training at the International School of Colour & Design (ISCD) in Sydney, Australia. This background, along with a constant and lifelong hunger to learn more about color, design, and, in particular, pattern, has helped me build a solid repertoire of illustrative and graphic techniques that have been used in a range of successful commercial applications.

Currently, my dance card is full, leaving me insufficient time to take on new clients or collaborations.

I hope you enjoy some of my creations.

Thank you.