DOLLY THE SHEEP by Dorothy Biddle

dolly the sheep has settled into my front garden

she's getting to kno the locals

 

someone has kindly given her a drink

 hope it doesn't rot her teeth 2 much!

I'll have to bring dolly in soon and give her some form of weather proofing

What I loved about Dorothy is, instead of retiring and settling down to a conventional old age,
 she went and got herself a fine art degree

Dorothy was a well known local artist who sadly died a couple of years ago

a member of a local groups; UK Artists Limited,the edge

 and occasionally exhibited for warwickshireopenstudios

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New Idea start; ritualising parts of my life I struggle with

Note tree,
 inspired by my need to keep track of so many bits of paper

Being dyslexic, I keep hold of everything, remembering the colour or design
but not always understanding the written content properly

I am also in the process of creating little gift boxes of emotional baggage

Photos from my garden

Sculpture in L.S.A exhibition, 150 gallery Leamington Spa.

On display in the window until the 24th August

offerings; night rituals

My garden has developed into an instillation about religious rituals

At night I light candles in offering bowls round my totem pole

first discarding old candles and water
memories of being aloud to light a candle in church
as a very young child

A candle in memory of the dead, the lovers, family, for wisdom, peace and justice
each time I do this it means more

Sketching people

I find drawing people in pubs is very relaxing

 musicians are good subjects they tend to stand fairly still or keep returning to certain poses

I started drawing a lot in pubs because I was using the pencil/pen as a cigarette substitute  8 or 9 years ago

II have drawn a lot of people since then

sorry JucyLucy never got round to sending 

Russian dolls

I've been back in my studio,

                                         its been so long since I've spent any real time there.

I've been working on mother&child theme (again) 
exploring the use of the same approx shape just varying the size and materials

Quite by chance, I lined them up like Russian dolls

Hum.. me thinks this could be an interesting tangent

I love it when the work takes over & I have no idea how it will develop!