My friends photo

Posted on May 4, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged aviary, Brampton museum and art gallery, Memory, Mondrian, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Pattern, PhotoLeave a comment

I was out with my friend and wanted to take some photos of the birds in an aviary, but my phone camera was playing up. My friend sent me a few of her pictures. I like this photo she took of a pheasant? Mostly I like the composition, it reminds me of a Mondrian painting and although the bird is not square or oblong shaped the red black and white add a pop of interest in response to the more muted colours in the background.

Taken when we were having tea and scones at the Brampton museum and art gallery in Newcastle under Lyme a couple of weeks ago.

Scones

Posted on April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Brampton museum and art gallery, Butter, Cafe, Cream, Food, Scones, Sugar, TastyLeave a comment

Photo by my friend Lin, she met up with me yesterday and we popped over to the Brampton museum and art gallery to collect some of my paintings and have a drink and a scone each. It didn’t help that as I cut mine in half my hand shook and I dropped the bottom half on the ground.

Bother! We shared the other scone and had another quarter each.

But what comes first on a scone? Cream or jam? I always go jam first, then cream on top (preferably clotted cream, but whipped cream also works). It just spreads easier. In this case we also didn’t have butter, but to be honest I don’t think you need it. The scones were moist and didn’t have too much of a flavour of baking powder. 10 out of 10. Tasty.

A few tiny paintings

Posted on January 15, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Brampton museum and art gallery, Design, Fine Art, Miniatures, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Painting6 Comments

I have a few new paintings. Mostly matchbox sized. I’m putting them in the exhibition of Orme Art Group work at the Brampton museum and art gallery in Newcastle under Lyme. It runs from February to the end of March. We will be having the display in the entrance window. Wish me luck, I hope to sell a few pieces.

Collection

Posted on November 1, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Brampton museum and art gallery, Fine Art, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Open exhibition, Owl, Painting3 Comments

I have to go and collect my owl painting from the Brampton open exhibition tomorrow. It was for sale and I would have liked to have sold it. I have an open studio day at Spode on November 12th so perhaps I could sell it there. I am pessimistic though. There is less money available and I think things will get a lot worse before it gets better. Being an artist doesn’t make you rich! But I can’t stop painting.

Got in!

Posted on September 13, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Barn owl, Bird, Brampton museum and art gallery, Fine Art, Flight, Life, Night, Open exhibition, Owl, Painting, Stars8 Comments

Just got a phone call. I’ve got my barn owl painting into the Brampton Open exhibition. I’m very pleased. I’ve got to pick the other one up but that’s OK, they were completely different styles so it gave me a bit more of a chance depending on what the selectors wanted. It will be up at the Brampton Museum and art gallery in Newcastle under Lyme from 24th September 2022 for a month.

Bee tree

Posted on January 10, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bee, bee tree, Brampton museum and art gallery, Carving, Landscape, Life, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Tree, ViewLeave a comment

At the Brampton museum and art gallery today. This beautiful sculpture was carved out of a tree trunk there. I love the bee which is well detailed. I wish I could have our old Ash tree, that was partly cut down last year, carved into a bee tree too!

B(u)y me for Christmas! Exhibition.

Posted on November 14, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art for sale, Artist, Brampton museum and art gallery, Exhibition, Fun, Gallery, Life, Local artists, Newcastle-under-Lyme, News, PaintingLeave a comment

I’m really pleased to have some of my paintings up at the Brampton museum and art gallery from 16.11.19 to early January 2020. This is an opportunity for local artists to sell their work in the weeks coming up to Christmas. If you feel like having a look I’d recommend it, there’s lots to see and to buy.

It’s going to be a busy few weeks. Not helped by my having a fall at the weekend. I haven’t painted as much as I wanted and I’ve hardly been out of the house. But I mustn’t let it stop me trying to get things done over the next week or so.

I’m going to do some more green, or snowy men, try and get some cards printed and get some glass jewellery finished off..

Watch this space x

Balcony

Posted on March 25, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Architecture, Balcony, Blogging, Brampton museum and art gallery, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Photo, StaffordshireLeave a comment

Wherefore art thou?

High up on the wall of the Brampton museum and art gallery is a lovely balcony. I want to visit the room and look out over the parkland in front of the museum but I think its probably a store room.

I think it’s a sweet little touch to the architecture of the place. I’ve visited before but never noticed it until today. Probably because the strong sunlight and shadows picked it out against the brickwork.

Modern architecture can be startling and revelatory, but details like this should be cherished.

Mallaband-Brown

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