Claudine’s World What’s unique about my creative work is that my creative journey started as an exploration of the inner world and initially mostly took the form of large pastel pictures but for over twelve years I’ve been painting shells and pebbles, which I find during my walks on the beach mainly between Worthing and […]
Summer into Autumn… Last night I spent with a friend at her beach hut on Shoreham Beach, drinking tea, having a quick dip in a cooling sea and chatting about our summer holidays. I was telling her about our ventures during a trip to Sweden, visiting family. A yearly highlight in late summer is to
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Greener Pastures In the whole of Britain one could hardly find pastures greener than the hills and valleys of Sussex. I’ve been exploring this area with my camera ever since I moved here in 2007. And there are always new places waiting to be discovered, and familiar places to be seen in new light. But
Currents, Waves and TidesDeveloping drawings, prints and paintings on a theme I’m always keen to challenge myself in different ways to invigorate my work and try to push printmaking ideas further. With that in mind I spent a few days experimenting and developing some abstract paintings and drawings exploring rhythms and movement in “Freedom of
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Interview with Chris Sedgwick As Chris prepares to release the last two pictures in the ‘ Four Seasons ‘ series we caught up with him in the gallery to discuss how the series came into being and what plans he has for future projects. How did the ‘ Four Seasons ‘ series come into being?‘Winter
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Life is full of colour! I’m always full of admiration for artists who work only in black and white, but try as I might, for me, it has to be colour, colour colour! From the clothes I wear, to how I decorate my house and the art I make, selecting and placing colours is one
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Telephoto Landscapes of the South Downs …and what made me choose landscape While South Downs landscapes taken with telephoto lenses have been a strong foundation of my body of work over the past 15 years, it wasn’t my first “serious” focus in photography. In reality, at the beginning of my photographic journey I never thought
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I am delighted to have the chance to join the happy crew at Shoreham Art Gallery and look forward to meeting all our visitors on my duty days. I would like to introduce myself by way of one of my favourite Instagram hashtags…. #crackplants. I am rather charmed by plants that grow in cracks and
My interest in painting has been ongoing since my early years. I suffered in school and was labelled as a slow learner, which held me back academically until I was told it was more than likely I had dyslexia. I was a visual learner and did well at any practical subject, art being one of
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Sue Jones’ Tea Bag Story… Sue Jones is known for her wonderful hand made textile bags and accessories at the gallery and often incorporates recycled textiles in her work. As Sue hates waste she wondered how she could also up-cycle her teabags after enjoying a cuppa? So she set out to make some different items
