Happy New Year from me and all my creations past present and future…..some graceful, some flirty and some downright daft! *Oooh! Did someone mention presents???? Now there’s an idea!
What a crazy run up to Christmas that was for a Migglet!
I hit the ground running when we returned from Spain on the ferry with only two weeks to prepare for the Christmas TAAG Exhibition!
I had fallen in love all over again with my inks whilst away, there is something so utterly freeing about the way they move and flow and I had created 10 new paintings which needed to be scanned, approved by me, printed and framed!
Somehow I managed it and the Exhibition was a resounding success!
A large canvas print of ‘Fishface’ was in the window for less than 24 hours before being sold!
My sea brick and I . . .
This amazing little sea brick I discovered on the beach had OBVIOUSLY been lying in wait for me and my dip pens and brushes…
Having painted a few vibrant shoooooes, I wanted to get back to my love of dancers and all of a sudden I was taking off again with no sign of a parachute….the inks were flying and it was ‘dip pen and ink bombs away’!!!!
New additions to my site . . .
Let It Flow
Street Fever
Rhythm in Blues
Poetry In Motion
Freddie
Everyone was talking about the film about Freddie Mercury, the Legend and I could not believe it was 27 years since he had sadly passed away. Whether or not you were a fan of Queen, you could not fail to have been aware of his presence as a performer, what a true showman he was!
I felt the need to create my own inky Freddie as a bold and inky bright nod to the charisma and magnetism that he commanded on stage
Current Exhibition, Dates for your Diary & a Migglet Flying Solo!
A Migglet here, a Migglet there, a dashing Migglet everywhere!!
This is a quick newsletter to let you know where to find Migglet over the next few months!
I am currently exhibiting in the Arts Quarter at TAAG Teignmouth in the Birds, Bees & Flowers exhibition which ends on Friday, DO pop along if you are about?
I shall be stewarding tomorrow, Thursday 24th January and it would be so lovely to meet you!
Boo! the Emu has flown the nest but I have framed and hung another larger A3 version of him and I have a few of his daft and cute little feathered friends for sale plus a selection of my new A5 Greeting Cards!
Brigitte Bardot A5 Greeting Card sample
I am so pleased to finally be able to offer A5 Greeting Cards (with envelopes and sealed in cellophane protective wrappers) and shall be uploading sets to purchase on my site very shortly, so if you are interested, please check my site within the next week or so. Sets of cards make a great little personal gift or you may wish to buy some for yourself?
I shall be exhibiting my work at the following venues…
JAN 18th – 25th TAAG Teignmouth. Birds, Bees and Flowers exhibition (almost over!)
FEB 5th – 24th TORBAY GUILD EXHIBITION SPANISH BARN, TORQUAY CLOSED Mon 11th Feb and Mon 18th Feb
MARCH 16th – 29th TAAG TEIGNMOUTH Song & Dance Poetry Exhibition
MAY 4th – 10th – MIGGLET’s FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION! TAAG TEIGNMOUTH(in the Arts Quarter)
YES! My very first SOLO Exhibition! Eeeek! I shall be flying by the seat of my pants and will need all the blindfolded passengers I can get!
*More to come about this one soooooon!
MAY 24th – 26th – BISHOPSTEIGNTON ART GROUP EXHIBITION Bishopsteignton Community Centre
AUGUST 3rd – 16th – TAAG TEIGNMOUTH SUMMER OPEN
September – Head off, easel tucked underarm and wearing a deep sigh, t-shirt and shorts towards a sunset somewhere in Rodney!
‘All Eyes On You’ is now now available on my site. Please see ‘Stylised Portraits’‘Brigitte Bardot’ now available as an Art Print or Canvas Print. Please see ‘Stylised Portraits’
If you are able to make it to any of these exhibitions I shall be utterly ‘delightegated’ to see you but if not, my web site is open all year round so you can browse at your leisure and even shop in your PJ’s with a cuppa or glass of vino in your hand!
A very surprised Migglet was delighted and overwhelmed to be awarded The Hall Trophy for the ‘Best Painting in Show’ at the Spanish Barn, Torre Abbey Exhibition in Torquay, what a wonderful boost that was towards the beginning of the year!
And a BIG thank you to all those of you who came along to the exhibition too! There was a huge variety of artwork to see and the beautiful historical barn was the perfect setting, if not a little chilly in February, hence the warm coat I was wearing! (If you’re going to win Best in Show, you might as well dress like a hairy hound?!)
Presented by Steve Reynolds of Torbay Business Forum
Spring is Here!
We have recently hopped into March, another successful exhibition is over and the early February sunshine was so awfully welcome. Let’s hope Spring is soon bouncing along with it’s sun hat firmly in place!
If you’re a fan of Flamingos, a fliffy fluffy flaffy flirty ‘ Doris’ recently appeared at the end of my paintbrushes and is now listed on my site……
…. and when I helped to run an in-house pastel workshop for my lovely local village art group, a colourful, quirky, whimsical fluffball titled ‘Nosey Moo!’ was born….
A5 Greetings Cards
My recently introduced sets of A5 Greetings cards seem to have gone down well online (and at the exhibition) and some of my dancers cards are now also available in the gorgeous dancewear shop ‘Dance Today’ in Thornton-Cleveleys, UK.
*PS Fellow animal lovers reading this, I shall be adding NOSEY MOO and DORIS to a set of cards soon.
Happy to announce!…
You may not have heard of them, especially if you are not in the UK, but KNITTED KNOCKERS UK have finally just launched their website and I am thrilled to have been able to help them in a small way by designing and donating a ballerina painting to the charity.
All of the volunteer ‘Knockerettes’ make bespoke cotton knitted prosthetic knockers for ladies who have had mastectomies after cancer treatment (The silicone knockers supplied by the NHS are apparently incredibly heavy to wear and very uncomfortable, but the knitted knockers are soft, light and literally life changing for the ladies who receive them AND for their families when they see the huge boost in confidence gained by their happy recipients!)
This has been in the pipeline for some time now, I think possibly three years ago I was given the brief and then created the ballerina painting for the KKUK.
I felt the dancer I created had to show great strength, courage and grace, with her face pointing confidently towards the sunshine and I thought a crown made from the letters KKUK poised on her head instantly showed who she was proud of.
I was initially a ‘knocker knitter’ when the KKUK was founded a few years ago, but have since supported the wonderful work KKUK do for ladies AND their whole families and reading the testimonials is always a leaky eye moment.
It was an absolute pleasure to give them the copyright to the image in order for them to raise much needed funds for their charity.
DON’T FORGET!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY, 2019
I will be exhibiting at the following locations:
MARCH 16th – 29th TAAG, SONG & DANCE POETRY EXHIBITION Teignmouth, in the Teignmouth Arts Quarter
MAY 4th – 10th Migglet’s first SOLO EXHIBITION! GALLERY ONE, TAAG, Teignmouth, Northumberland Place, in the Teignmouth Arts Quarter.
MAY 25th – 26th BISHOPSTEIGNTON ARTGROUP Exhibition, at the Bishopsteignton Community Centre
AUGUST 3rd – 16th TAAG, Teignmouth SUMMER OPEN EXHIBITION
AUGUST 2019 ( Dates to be announced ) TORBAY GUILD OF ARTISTS SUMMER EXHIBITION
If you are in South Devon for any of these dates, do please come along! You might meet the Migglet, I would so love to meet you! It is always such a joy to meet the lovely peeps who support me!
I am now at the quietly completely and utterly mentally terrified stage for my SOLO exhibition at the beginning of May and the butterflies have already kicked in, but I’m also really excited! *please DO tell my terrified face that bit?
