My wife and Sir Michael Caine have two things in common. Not only do they share the same birthday but they have also both stayed at The Queensberry in Bath, UK. Not a lot of people know that…
Internationally acclaimed animal sculptor Edward Waites will work on a clay mould of Kingman, a retired British Thoroughbred racehorse owned by Khalid Abdullah and trained by John Gosden. As a three-year-old he won the Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas, St. James's Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes and Prix Jacques le Marois.
Lynne Davies from Hampshire, UK has won the coveted Birkett Ferguson Award at the Creative Coverage Forest Connections exhibition at the New Forest Centre Gallery, Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Her painting was selected by comedian Richard Digance, who is also a painter himself. "I'm delighted, it's made my day," says Lynne.
Developing a brand and generating loyalty are two extremely difficult concepts. I know. My wife and I run our own business, www.creativecoverage.co.uk, which publicises professional artists. In a short space of time word of mouth has spread and renewal rates are high. We’re a very small business offering a service, which generally requires small investment compared to, say, manufacturing.
An Essex artist will be exhibiting her work in Devon. Sylvia Paul from Harwich has 15 paintings at the Marle Gallery in Axminster from April 25 until May 23.
“Yes, it will be bliss,
To go with you by train to Diss,”
An extract from A Mind’s Journey to Diss (to Mary Wilson, the wife of Prime Minister Harold Wilson) by John Betjeman, probably my favourite poet. This is brought to my attention by the artist John Atkinson, who we meet at his studio with little dog Treacle that daughters Harriett (4) and Heidi (2) enjoy stroking.
"As an Honourable Mention winner my name and my favourite image will be included in the prestigious Monochrome Photography Awards Annual Book," explains Glyn, who shot into the limelight when Prime Minister David Cameron purchased his photo-books as a wedding gift for Prince William and Catherine Middleton. David Cameron wrote to say, 'Prince William was delighted with the books'.