Nebula

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In Private Collection Unframed 10 by 8 in. Encaustic on Board Style: Abstract Subject: Art Year Created: 2013 Description: This is an encaustic interpretation of a piece of sculpture on the sea front of Brighton. It has been dubbed ‘the Donut’ … Continued

Reflections

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In Private Collection Unframed 10 by 8 in. Encaustic on Fine Art Paper Style: Impressionist Subject: Seascape Year Created: 2013 Description: This piece is painted with encaustic wax and oil over painted watercolor paper. sold

The Bruning of the Houses of Lords and Commons (after Turner)

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Description: This large rather dramatic piece was painted by Turner in 1835. It is part of my series of Painting the Masters. I loved the multiple layered glazes which gave this paining great depth and makes the colour sizzle.   24 … Continued

The Queens Gallery

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On may 28th I visited the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace to see the wonderful show called ‘the Art of Tutor and Stuart Fashion. It is a stunning exhibition of paintings of glorious clothing and textiles as well as actual pieces … Continued

Horsham Quilters guild talk

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On May 23rd I drove with a friend to the Horsham Quilters Guild day to listen to a talk by Jan Beany, one of the two artists known as Double Trouble. These two artists have over 20 books to their … Continued

Out of the hands of Babes

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On May 18th I helped with a workshop at Ascention arts which is part of the Brighton and Hove Fringe Festival. It involved working with 6-14 year old children from the young embroiders group as well as local children. I … Continued

Four sisters in a London phone box

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A delightful yearly gathering of my three sisters included a theatre weekend in London and tours of the cities treasures. After a delightful lunch with our husbands and the Van der Welle’s, it culminated with the four of us fitting … Continued

Back in th saddle

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After a very busy time in BC which ended with a super trip to the Sechelt meeting of the surface design group, we are back in Brighton. Having survived a week of jet lag, we went to the opening of … Continued

Catherine Nicholas demo

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Our local art store chain has a series of free demos using many types of art processes. To my delight, I saw that Catherine was listed as one of the presenters on march 23rd and immediately signed up. Catherine is … Continued

Art pick up

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On march 18th I drove down to the lovely La Conner area of Washington, just south of our White Rock home in order to pick up my piece of art which was shown at the recent successful show of students … Continued