News and Events
Where to see my work |
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Axminster
Arts Cafe: |
Selection of Glass Kites and Glass Art, sometimes paintings, cards, jewellery and solo exhibitions. Member exhibition during March where I will have 3 paintings. |
ChloErin |
Large selection of artwork of Chakra Designs |
Ilminster
Arts Centre |
Selection of large and mini kites |
2011 Shows |
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| Axminster Guildhall 5 and 6 March 2011 10-5 |
Awareness
Centre Mind Body Spirit Fayre I'll have paintings, glass kites, angels, dowsers, scarves, cards and jewellery on sale |
| The Masonic Hall, Honiton Saturday, 23 July 9.30-5.00 |
Honiton Spiritualist Group Mind Body Spirit
Fayre I'll have paintings, glass kites, angels, dowsers, scarves, cards and jewellery on sale |
| Axminster
Arts Cafe Church Street, Axminster, Devon Saturday, 2 July 10-2 |
Axminster Arts: Art and Craft Fayre I'll have paintings, glass kites, angels, dowsers, scarves, cards and jewellery on sale |
| 2011 Exhibitions | |
Axminster
Arts Cafe: |
March 7 - April 9 |
Branscombe Art Exhibition |
April 22 - April 25 |
Axminster Art Society |
April 30-May 7 |
Ilminster Arts Centre |
March 21 - April 16 |
Lyme Art Society |
May 27 - May 30 |
Axminster Artisans |
June 4 - June 11 |
| Axminster Art Society Axe Vale Festival |
June 25 and 26 Summer Member Exhibition |
| Seaton and District Art Society Seaton Town Hall |
August TBC |
Lyme Regis Artsfest |
September 17 - 25 |
Spring/Summer 2010
Creating Axminster Artisans and organising several large art and craft
shows has been taking up a lot of my time.
Winter 2009
Announcing the creation of Axminster
Artisans. One good thing to come out of the hard work in the summer
was the connection with Wendy Fountain. We have come together to promote
Axminster Artists and Artisans by finding places to hold exhibitions and
permanent displays. Our first event was a two-week show in November/December.
It was well attended and we sold several pieces of art, turned wood, glass,
sculpture and art cards.
Summer/Autumn 2009
I have been working all hours organising several fundraiser for the Awareness
Centre. Lyn and I decided upon a week of festivities and called it the
Axminster Summerfest. Unfortunately for us, more people expressed an interest
in supporting and helping us once the festival was over! It was a lot
of hard work and many many long hours, mostly voluntary. This resulted
in me not keeping up with my artwork and degree at all.
Spring 2009
Doing our best to keep warm, mostly using wood gathered and chopped
by my husband and two sons. Snow apparently on it's way, but we'll probably
just get a dusting. Recently upgraded my studio with a variety of kitchen
units to make a lot more storage space as well as table top space so that
I can have several different projects on the go at once. My paintings
are selling very well at ChloErin. It's such a lovely shop and I'm very
pleased to be part of it. My glass kites have been doing very well at
the Meeting House Arts Centre. I hope to have a display at The Dorset
Pedlar in Bridport in March. I now work on Wednesday's at the Axminster
Awareness Centre a charity which provides complementary therapies, spiritual
healing and lots of classes, workshops and talks. Gearing up for their
MBS Weekend fayre in March and the bi-annual art fair in Branscombe at
Easter.
Autumn 2008
We've been having very nice weather recently, and I'm still in sandals
mid-October - can't beat that! I've been inspired and made lots of new
kites which I'll be putting on the website soon. I've just taken six paintings
and some greetings cards into ChloErin, a shop and complementary healthcare
centre in the centre of Axminster. It has a lovely feel to it and it's
like an Aladdin's cave full of tempting things! The Meeting House Arts
Centre in Ilminster has taken lots of kites to sell. The Awareness Centre
Fayre is coming up fast on October 25th and I'm busy painting for that
- maybe I'll see you there?
Summer 2008
Whilst the weather hasn't been so great this Summer, it's given me the
opportunity to paint, paint, paint! I have also volunteered to be on Reception
at the Awareness Centre in Axminster on Thursday afternoons. It is a charity
run complementary therapy and healing centre and has a group which organizes
all sorts of talks, workshops and events. They have recently repainted
several rooms and invited me to hang paintings to add some much need colour.
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Spring 2008
The flowers are breathtaking, the air fragrant, the birds chirping
and the sun warm (well, most of the time!). I've currently got a solo
exhibition at the Axminster Arts Cafe in Axminster until the beginning
of June. I couple of new pieces are included and soon to come to the website
(if not sold of course!). It was lovely to see my work all together as
it is usually packed up! I think it is a very colourfull collection of
a variety of mediums and I would like to think it creates a nice atmosphere
to have a cuppa and a piece of homemade cake!
Here's a taster:
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Winter Update
I had a very successful Christmas season with many lovely comments
about my Christmas card. I sold a painting at the Affordable Art Exhibition
in Lyme Regis and had a card published in the Craft Creations Magazine
Issue 48. The glass Kite Suncatchers are still proving to be very popular
- have you seen the Valentine Angel Kite?
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My card is the red square one with the padded heart in the centre. The card is available for sale in the webshop. |
Winter 2007
For those of you familiar with my Gift Shop may be surprised to see how
much this website and the Gift Shop have changed. I have been doing some
research and have given both a complete overhaul. My next task is to improve
the quality of the photographs, something us artists all struggle with!
I have had a lot of positive feedback to this year's Christmas Card, 40
Winks in Lyme Regis. People have even asked to buy the original painting.
The Glass Kites have also been met with enthusiasm and have been selling
very well. Have a great festive season and don't forget to take of yourself
as well as everyone else!