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Inspired by Behind the Lines: Haidee-Jo Summers

Awarded Artist of the Year 2012 by the Society of All Artists
and one of the few artists chosen by the BBC to paint the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant from the Millennium bridge,
Haidee-Jo is a full-time professional artist known for painting
landscapes and seascapes ‘en plein air’.

Her work can be seen regularly at the Mall galleries London
where she exhibits with the Royal Society of Marine Artists, the
New English Art Club and the Royal Institute of Oil painters.
Haidee-Jo writes regularly for The Artist magazine and has
recently published her first book on oil painting with Search
Press ‘Vibrant Oils’, there is also an APV films DVD with the
same name.

In 2016 Haidee-Jo was elected a full member of the Royal
Institute of Oil Painters and in 2017 an Associate member of
the Royal Society of Marine Artists.

30. History revisited at Dedham 20 x 16 OILS £1,500.00

31. First Aid Nursing 16 x 12 OIL ON CANVAS £900.00

32. On Guard 12 x 12 OILS £800.00

33. Tea Break 10 x 10 OILS £600.00

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Inspired by Behind the Lines: Colin Allbrook

Colin started work in a commercial studio in London aged
17 having passed his final exams a year early. While there he
attended evening classes at St Martins School of Art and at 21
decided to leave and pursue a freelance career.

Colin exhibits regularly in London with the Royal Institute of
Oil Painters, the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal
Institute of Painters in Watercolours to which he was elected a
full member in 2001. He has won many prizes over the years,
including the President’s Medal at the Society of Equestrian
Artists twice in 1999 and 2003 where he is also a member,
the Daler Rowney award at the Royal Watercolour Society and
the Frank Herring award at the Royal Institute of Painters in
Watercolours.

 

26. Field Hospital 16 x 12 WATERCOLOUR £850.00

27 “Behind The Lines” 13 x 12 OILS £595.00

28. The Greys 14 x 10 WATERCOLOUR £695.00

29. Study – The Rider 12 x 9 WATERCOLOUR £575.00

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Inspired by Behind the Lines: Sarah Allbrook

Sarah Allbrook is a Cambridge based artist specialising in oils,
painting primarily ‘en plein air’. She paints local scenes in and
around Cambridge, from street scenes and city nocturnes,
to rural Hertfordshire landscapes, and the Norfolk and Suffolk
coast.

Her oil sketches are an immediate response to the landscape,
executed rapidly they are full of movement, colour and lively
brushstrokes. Sarah is inspired by the scene around her and
strives to capture and to put down in paint the essence of the
moment she is witnessing in a place, at different times of day
and through the changing seasons.
Sarah studied for a degree in Fine Art at Norwich University of
the Arts.

23. Afternoon Light, WWI Field Camp 22 x 18 OIL ON CANVAS £600.00 **SOLD

24. WWI Field Camp, Dedham 16 x 12 OIL ON CANVAS £450.00

25. Study – Plein Air Sketch 12 x 8 OIL £200.00

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Inspired by Behind the Lines: Richard Bond

Richard is an artist based in Norwich, England, working mainly
in oils and watercolour. His artistic interests range from rural
landscape, architectural subjects and urban themes, to still
life and the human figure. Richard’s work has been shown
in numerous regional and national open competitions and
group shows, including the Singer & Friedlander/Sunday
Times Watercolour Competition, the Lynn Painter-Stainers
Prize Competition, and the Royal Watercolour Society Open
Competition. He won 1st prize at Paint-Out Norwich in 2015,
and 1st prize for watercolours in 2016. An article about
Richard’s working methods in watercolour appeared in
International Artist magazine, vol. 86.

18. Study 1 12 x 16 OIL ON CANVAS £600.00

19 Behind The Lines 14 x 10 WATERCOLOUR £500.00

20. Peace at War 1 30 x 24 OIL ON CANVAS £1,200.00

21. Peace at War 2 30 x 24 OIL ON CANVAS £1,200.00

22. Study 2 12 x 16 OIL ON CANVAS £600.00

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Inspired by Behind the Lines: Roger Dellar

Roger Dellar is a professional figurative artist who works in
oils, pastels, mixed media, acrylics, and water based media.
His interest in observing people in their environments has
influenced him to record and interpret them, capturing light
effects.

EXHIBITIONS
He regularly exhibits in galleries in the UK and has had several
one man exhibitions. Represented in USA by the Peninsula
Gallery, Lewes, Delaware.

PUBLICATIONS
Featured in WATERCOLOUR INNOVATIONS by Jackie Simmonds.
Contributor to the Artist Magazine, Artist and Illustrator
Magazine.

16. Stores Wagon 16 x 12 OIL ON CANVAS £900.00

17. The Encampment 20 x 20 OIL ON CANVAS £1,650.00

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Inspired by Behind the Lines: James Power

James was born 1946, and comes from a family with horses in
their blood since the turn of the century. He now lives in Debenham
Suffolk. James worked in the heart of the British Horse Racing
community in and around Newmarket. A Stud Groom for 27 years
with a major stud farm, one of his last feats was to foal and raise
the mighty, FRANKEL. Retired since 2011, today he gives his time
and knowledge to the industry and the charities he’s been involved
with.

An accomplished painter who loves working in oils, watercolours
and pastels, James has a passion for a wide range of subject
matters. He has been an active member of the executive of Society
of Equestrian Artists, which he was made up to full member
in 2001. He has exhibited in major galleries in London and the
UK and has paintings in Ireland, USA, Australia and Malaysia. He
was awarded Best Racing Picture, sponsored by Horse & Hound
magazine and has portraits hanging in the Garrick Club and
Rossdales Veternary Practise, Newmarket.

 

12. Returning from Hell 20” x 16” OIL ON CANVAS £750.00

13. Going to the front 20 x16 OIL ON CANVAS £750.00

14. Home Safe and Sound 14 x 10 OILS £500.00

15. Study – Home Safe & Sound 9 x 9 OILS £350.00

39 Study – Going to the front 9 x 9 OILS £350.00** SOLD

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Inspired by Behind the Lines: Malcolm Coward

Malcolm, who was born in Malton, North Yorkshire, lives for his
painting and his animals, amongst which are Jacobs sheep,
geese, chickens, several horses, and three dogs. His travels
are reflected in his paintings and it is remarkable to see the
variance in light of the different countries showing through in
his pictures.

Malcolm has exhibited in many exhibitions in the UK and
been a guest exhibitor in France, Spain and America. He has
exhibited in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden and
Japan. His work has been reproduced in many prints and on
cards and two books.

6. Brew Time 24 x 18 OIL £895.00

7. Lunch Time 24 x 18 OIL £895.00

8. Waiting for the Reply 24 x 18 OIL £895.00

9. Study – Waiting for the Reply 12 x 10 OIL £375.00

10. Study – Brew Time 13.5 x 12 OIL £375.00

11. Study – Lunch time 13.5 x 12 OIL £375.00

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Inspired by Behind the Lines: Jane Braithwaite

In Art 2016 Society of Equestrian Artists (SEA) Annual Open
Exhibition. Jane enjoys the challenge of portraiture and painting figures
in the context of cityscapes however, painting horses in a
variety of situations such as racing, polo and eventing is
where her heart truly lies. She uses oils and sometimes
charcoal to explore her interest in light, form, space and
movement. Jane’s aim is to catch that elusive fleeting
moment which tells a story, without sentimentality.

 

3. Band of Brothers 30 x 26 OIL £1,250.00 **SOLD

4. The Long Wait 31 x 26 OIL £1,250.00 **SOLD

5. Study – Plein Air 18 x 14 OIL £350.00

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Inspired by Behind the Lines: Freddie Paske

Freddy is a professional artist working between London and
Hampshire. Having started painting from an early age, he has
developed his talent throughout his previous career with the
British Army. In 2014 he exhibited and sold all his sketches
from his operational tour in Afghanistan and has since never
looked back. He is also a prominent wildlife artist and has had
numerous exhibitions over the last year and was shortlisted
for the Wildlife Artist of the Year 2016.

In 2017 Freddy established residencies with the Household
Cavalry, Tattersalls Auctioneers and The Jockey Club to create
a body of work celebrating the horse.

 

1 Women at War 20 x16 OIL £2,500.00

2 Field Sketch 24 x 20 OILS £1,500 .00

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Circles: Lucinda Hawksley Delivers the Third Munnings Birthday Lecture

October 8th 2019

Alfred Munnings was a keen reader whose imagination was certainly informed and inspired by the writing of Charles Dickens with its richly conceived sense of characters, caricatures, place and atmosphere. On display in the library at Castle House (the museum), are a number of paintings that are imbued with the spirit of Dickens’ writing.

It was these pictures which inspired the invitation to author Lucinda Hawksley, Charles Dickens’ great-great-great granddaughter, to deliver our third Munnings Birthday Lecture on the 141st anniversary of Munnings birth.

Above: Soloman Daisy & Friends (1898) by Alfred Munnings
A scene from Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens

Lucinda’s talk, entitled Dickens and his Circle, told the story of how Dickens’ life, rather like that of Munnings, saw his imagination, creativity and mastery of both craft and art, take him from humble beginnings to widespread recognition and fame.

Lucinda began by exploring the ways in which London exerted its influence on Dickens’ imagination, starting by making its mark on him in those years when he was becoming quite the streetwise kid.

 

Above: Lucinda Hawksley with Munnings Art Museum Director, Jenny Hand

Dickens, like Munnings, balanced commercial savvy with a personal sensibility and expression of how he saw and represented the world around him and the people who inhabited it. Another point of similarity seems to be how they both were fuelled by great physical and mental and creative energy.

Our audience of seventy sat in rapt attention in the elegant surroundings of Dedham’s Assembly Rooms, listening to Lucinda as she turned the pages of Dickens’ life, telling the story of how it unfolded across late Georgian and Victorian eras as he encountered writers and artists such as Wilkie Collins, Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, Edgar Allan Poe and William Makepeace Thackeray and Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot). Some of these people became lifelong friends and supporters of Dickens and, on occasion, some of those brightly burning early years of friendships would eventually fade. Rather like Munnings, Dickens had a public persona that didn’t necessarily sit neatly with his personal life.

Above all, Lucinda’s talk evoked a sense of how a creative person makes connections of heart and mind; in doing so shaping a body of work that we can recognise as speaking, in various degrees of intensity, to our shared understanding of life.