MEET THE MEMBER – Anthony Mashman
When did you start painting? I have painted as far back as I remember as a small child. I have always enjoyed painting in watercolour all through my life. What led you to start painting AGAIN? I began painting more in the late 1990’s when…
MEET THE FRIEND – Scilla Devenish
When did I start painting? I started attending a watercolour class in 1990. I absolutely loved it from the first lesson and kept going every term for several years. I then began to travel with my husband on trips around the world with his work. …
MEET THE MEMBER – Linda Purdy
When did you start painting? I drew as a child and began keeping sketchbooks as a teenager/young adult. Wanting to try watercolours I bought equipment and a book but struggled without a tutor. In 2006 I went on a three day course with Ian King…
MEET THE FRIEND – Isobelle Gladstone
Welcome to our first “Meet the Friend” article When did you start painting? I first started painting in August 2017. What led you to start painting? I used to draw with wet and dry pencils occasionally, but never paint. Strangely, I feared it. However, after…
MEET THE MEMBER – Lesley Munro
When did I start to paint? When I look back on it, my interest in art probably originated from finger painting at nursery. I was drawing the whole time, on any paper that my dad brought home from his printing job and even the cardboard…
ISOLartION – Lori Bentley on the story of lockdown in pictures
This is our last edition of Season 2 of our weekly IsolARTion series. We are planning two more bumper editions at the end of April and May, but for now, please go back and enjoy the wealth of talent and inspiration in both seasons of…
ISOLartION – George Grayland’s ongoing portrait journey
In season 1 of IsolARTion, Friend of the SEAW, George Grayland shared a view inside his studio and the portraits he was painting. In the months since that article, he has continued to work in portraiture. He shares that journey with us now. When I…
IsolARTion – Members and friends are “Holding things together”
In the third article of the current season of isolARTion, Lillias said this about the objects she had painted: “I noticed that quite a few seem to suggest ‘holding things together’ – what we are all trying to do, no doubt!” As part of her…
ISOLartION – Fran Godwood on twin joys of gardening and art
To me, just like everyone else, lockdown came as a bit of a shock. My first thought was whether our daughter Anna, who has Down’s syndrome, should come to stay with us or remain in her supported living house. We decided she should stay with…
ISOLartION – Carol Whitehouse on a painting journey
When I was asked if I would like to write a piece for ISOLartION I was about to start working on a painting of purple tulips. I began to think of how I go about producing my art. I liken this to a journey –setting…
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