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Inspiring Artist of the day - Hanna Czajkowska
Oh dear! Apart from a few enticing images on Pinterest I can find very little about Hanna Czajkowska, these images will just have to be...
Moira Carter
Oct 26, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Elizabeth Brozowska
Another Illustrator of children's books that I can find very little about ...but just look at her work! The image above links to a very...
Moira Carter
Oct 24, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Quentin Blake
Illustrator of over three hundred books including such well known ones as Willi Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and James and...
Moira Carter
Oct 19, 20172 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Cliff Roberts
Cliff Roberts was an animator for Sesame Street, The Smurfs, and The Pink Panther! He also published comics in The New Yorker and in...
Moira Carter
Oct 18, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Werner Klemke
I have to admit I know exceeding little about Werner Klemke which is a shame - and the internet tells me very little more but here are...
Moira Carter
Oct 13, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Miche Wynants
I came across her work on the internet and adored at first sight... Stunning characters, texture and pattern ...definitely one for the...
Moira Carter
Oct 12, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Jim Flora
'The Day the Cow sneezed'... I wish I'd had a copy of this when I was a child! Enough said... off to amazon to see if it's still...
Moira Carter
Oct 10, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Мирко Hanák
Another illustrator whose work I have come across on the internet but know very little about. Czech Artist and Illustrator Мирко Hanák...
Moira Carter
Oct 5, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Jiřà Trnka
My favourite book as a child was - Han's Anderson's fairy tales illustrated by Jiřà Trnka. It was bought brand new for me in 1967 -...
Moira Carter
Oct 2, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone
Whilst taking the Make Art That Sells courses I have become reacquainted with the work of the Johnstone twins, as they illustrated The...
Moira Carter
Sep 27, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Wayne Thiebaud
As you may or may not know I've been involved a in a slice of Continuing Professional Development with Make Art That Sells, a series of...
Moira Carter
Sep 13, 20171 min read
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Cause a diversion : Warhol revisited
On the 13th of June I wrote about Andy Warhol's illustrations. Click the image if you want to go there. Yesterday I went to what was our...
Moira Carter
Sep 9, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - David Jones
I saw his 'Seagulls' and 'Angels on washing lines' at Ruthin Craft Centre and thought ...Wow! There's clever! Made mostly from disparate...
Moira Carter
Sep 8, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Grayson Perry
God/Goddess of Home Decor Grayson Perry. If you haven't heard of him I'd be surprised, although my partner did say "Who?". Winner of the...
Moira Carter
Sep 7, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Guy Taplin
Click on this image to go to a recent article about Guy in the telegraph. "You get a bit of wood, and you chop off anything that doesn't...
Moira Carter
Sep 6, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Yayoi Kusama
Mark making impresario! Love the freedom of her work - make a mark repeat it - fill the canvas, fill the room ...why not?! Yayoi Kusama...
Moira Carter
Sep 5, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Lyonel Feininger
It's Wood Week on my Make Art That Sells course and so I'm focusing on Artists who work with wood. Not that I haven't already lauded some...
Moira Carter
Sep 4, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Christy Keeney
Love, love, love her work which will soon be exhibited - in October 2017 - at the Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool, click on the...
Moira Carter
Sep 1, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artists of the day - Anne-Marie Ødegaard & Konrad Galaaen
You can't have one without the other - well maybe you can but I choose not too as Anne-Marie potted the most perfectly shaped ware and...
Moira Carter
Aug 31, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Turi Gramstad Oliver
Several weeks ago a wee thin jug was donated to the Save the Children shop in Chester, where I sort and price Bric-a-brac twice a week......
Moira Carter
Aug 30, 20171 min read
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