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Just popping in with a few catch-up pieces from my residency at Winterbourne House and Garden.

It’s been hard to catch a good time to be out painting because of the sudden changes in weather and temperature. One solution has been to work in miniature, although these paintings still take quite a time.

 

Everything is growing very fast and I’m trying my best to catch a little bit of it all as there’s no way I can do all of it justice. The Auriculas have long been a favourite of mine so it was nice to capture them.

This little guy had to be caught on canvas having visited me whilst sketching one day and had a good long proper chat and even hopped around the side of me as if to see what I was doing.

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Half term has been a welcome break in the normal in and out of running classes and has afforded me a block of time to paint. It’s been a while – on day one I had zero concentration for it and had to really plug away but it always falls into place if I keep at it.

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And the slower mornings have meant a cup to tea in bed accompanied by something from my enormous post-Christmas reading pile. Inspiration abounds now.

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This week I hung an exhibition of my work at the Coach House Gallery which is at Winterbourne Botanical Gardens, Birmingham.

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Winterbourne is part of the Birmingham University campus.

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It’s an Edwardian Arts and Crafts house built for the family of John Nettlefold in 1903.

It’s last owner bequeathed it to the University where it became the Botanical Gardens in 1944.

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It’s one of those magical places that has held onto the history of the past and simultaneously successfully embraced the future.

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And my colourful work has ushered Spring in a little earlier than Mother Nature (it’s trying to snow today)

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Exhibition hanging takes patience and stamina (good step-ladder muscles!)

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One of the most fun things to do was fill the glass exhibition case.

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I have laid out sketchbooks, pattern design swatches, an old paint palette, some tubes of paint, brushes, pencils and design work that shows how I use my original paintings digitally.

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It was fun to set the scene.

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And now I’m happily heading off to a restful weekend – there’s a G & T with my name on it!

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Exhibition is up until 12th March




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Todays calendar page is not wrong!

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After a lovely busy Summer bursting with family affairs, teaching, holidays and other welcome distractions, today is the first day I find myself home alone and able to concentrate.

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So I picked this interesting Hydrangea flower from the garden and got re-acquainted with my paintbrush. It feels good 🙂

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I’ve saved my favourite place for last – Frigiliana.

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Back in July 2015 we had a week in Granada (which you’ve already seen lots of here) and then we had another week by the coast.

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Frigiliana is inland and was a short drive from where we were staying.

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It just clicked with me – it’s very small but so cute and artistic with lots of creative industries like pottery, weaving and painting and the nicest people.

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I might even retire there one day if I can learn some Spanish!

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Frigiliana by Night © Claire Leggett

This piece was the demo I began when I taught The Spotted Dog workshop (here) which I’ve finished now

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Well that’s it folks for my show-and-tell work from last years holiday – hope you enjoyed 😉

 

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Here’s further progress in reducing the pile of inspiration stacked up around the studio – winter flowers inspired by a spread in Country Living mag.

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Hope you all got this week off to great start today x

 

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Thanks for a fun Friday night selling some work 😀

I’ve updated my Etsy shop with the remainder if you didn’t get a chance on Friday. They will stay listed for a few more weeks. (Etsy link at top left hand of this page- just click through via an image)

These are the last three pieces to preview.

© Claire Leggett Birdcage May 2011

© Claire Leggett Birdcage May 2011

 Birdcage from May 2011 is a watercolour original on paper measuring 40cm x 50 cm, un-matted and un-framed. Sent with a backing board and cellophane wrapped. £117. £5.65 UK postage, £7.45 USA and elsewhere. SOLD

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I’m not going to lie – Circus Girl is going to be hard to let go of as it’s dates right back to the beginning of my journey re-discovering myself as an artist. But I’d love to see it find an appreciative home. Watercolour on paper measuring 56cm x 41cm – un-matted. £127. £5.65 UK postage, £7.45 USA and elsewhere.

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Alstroemeria © Claire Leggett

Alstroemeria is the last one up for this crazy sale – you’ll not be surprised that it’s a watercolour on paper! measures 52cm x 41cm and is un-matted. £95. £5.65 UK postage, £7.45 USA and elsewhere.

© Claire Leggett "TIle and Teacup"

© Claire Leggett “TIle and Teacup”

Tile and Teacup from July 2010 is 41cm square and is an original watercolour painting, matted but unframed. £38 UK postage £5.65, USA and eleswhere £ 7.45.

Pea Pods   ©  Claire Leggett

Pea Pods © Claire Leggett

Peapods was painted in July 2012 and is 41cm x 55cm, matted not framed. £49 UK postage £5.65, USA and eleswhere £ 7.45.

© Claire Leggett "Teatime"

© Claire Leggett “Teatime”

Teatime dates back to Feb 2011 . It’s a 58cm x 69cm original watercolour work on paper and is un-matted and un-framed. £105 UK postage (flat) £11.99 (could get a cheaper quote for rolled in postage tube) USA and eleswhere £7.45.– but would need to be sent rolled in a tube.

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