I was wondering if anyone feels they might benefit from being part of an art group specifically for those here. I'm an artist, though I have to admit to you that I've produced absolutely nothing for ages due to being ill and in hospital, not having anywhere to exhibit for aeons and generally being extremely knackered out most of the time. But then I started thinking maybe I could do something positive about it. I've worked within what's called the 'Arts in Health' sphere and done a lot with things like colour therapy. I'd also like to say that you don't have to be rich to make art. I've done a whole exhibition made from recycled materials. It's all about taking yourself to another place for a while and having a bit of messy fun. No judgemental rubbish or anything like that. And if you don't think you're able to draw anything that looks remotely like what it's supposed to look like, well, that doesn't matter either. I think that maybe for starters you might like to message me if you are interested and then I'll try and work out a little programme. Just for us. Let me know what you think. Rainy X
Love Dunwich, and all that coast. So atmospheric. Yes it looks a bit different these days with Sizewell looming large, but have spent many a happy day at Minsmere, and wandering along the sands and eating fish n chips on the beach. The Nash picture captures the isolation and lack of gaudy seaside-ness of other places.
Gotta have chips on the beach - they taste so much better. Rainie x
Time for another picture I think. We need an uplift. It's called 'Summer in Cornwall' and is by Frank Sherwin, painted in 1930.
I just love this style, which you will recognise from the old railway and tourist board posters of that period. Stripped down simplicity and wonderful colour. Enjoy. Wish you were there? Rainie x
If you like this one, have a look at the work of one of the finest exponents of 'Railway art', Frank Henry Mason, who worked for the LNER. We're talking about the 1930s here and this style emerged within the Art Deco period. The pictures usually started as a painting, often in watercolours, but they were transferred into prints ; lithographs usually. Here is a really good link about an exhibition of his work. Hope you like them. And yes, they took a lot of doing as it's a complex process.
Rainie x
I love that Rainie, love that style too.
I dabble in art when I've got the motivation. Mostly painting people. It's rubbish weather here today so might pick up brushes later on instead of going out and risk sliding and falling on my backside!
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