Painting for pleasure exhibition; The lodge Jephson Gardens, Sept 20th- 22nd, 2013

I have been a  Painting For Pleasure tutor for a few years now
November  last year We were  funded by, Awards For All to run a project looking at a variety of painting styles and movements from the 20 century come and see the results.

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5 day carving workshop; continued

Everyone had fun and produced amazing sculptures

at times working together as a family group

or independently

each member of the group working at their own level

using the knowledge of the group members to solve problems such as attaching a head to its base

A wonderful 5 day carving workshop

Last week I was commuting daily to the Baptist church,  Chelmsley Wood, Burmingham. Where I taught a small group of local people to carve in breeze block, Gargoyles inspired some people,  others came with their own ideas.

Development of a gargoyle 2

Development of a gargoyle 1

Dolly the sheep Visits my garden

Dorothy Biddle, who sadly died last year is an inspiration to us all. .When most people are planning to take it easy, Dorothy did a fine art degree, taking on every creative opportunity she could, with great energy and enthusiasm. I was reminded during open studios just how many people she connected with.

Bella meets Dolly  

Dolly the sheep was made by Dorothy Biddle from an old sofa has become for me her iconic symbol Dolly often pops up at The Edge exhibitions.

Dolly looks quite at home amongst the bottle trees

http://blog.warwickshireartists.co.uk/2013/01/dorothy-biddle-obituary.html

Basket bird

basket bird now on exhibition at Arnold lodge school
A mixed media piece, I added the sparkle  to inspire the children's imaginations, it looks like an illustration from a story.
 CDs and fairies will be removed as the plants settle in, when it's relocated in my garden

the original idea goes back to mother and child theme; a lot of parenting is purely functional, I use domestic furniture to represent this e.g. a chair or basket. the flowers represent new life.

I got use to driving with basket bird on the roof of the micra

a modest start to basket bird

Willow basket