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Inspiring Artist of the day - Karen Nichol
I can't tell you how much I adore this! I saw Karen Nicol's work at an exhibition in Ruthin Craft centre last year and just fell in love...
Moira Carter
Aug 3, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Rosie James
Rosie James is a textile Artist... I love the fact that not only does she draw but she sews what she draws and leaves evidence of the...
Moira Carter
Aug 1, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Charley Harper
I think I can safely say that Charley Harper's work is enjoying a bit of a renaissance and that most people will be looking at these...
Moira Carter
Jul 27, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Matisse
Just click on the image for all you need to know about 'The Snail' This is my favourite piece by Matisse - doesn't look much like a snail...
Moira Carter
Jul 25, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Sonia Delaunay
A multi talented artist and designer, passionate about art in whatever form it took... "For me there is no gap between my painting and my...
Moira Carter
Jul 20, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Jack Cardiff
Moira Shearer and Marius Goring in The Red Shoes 1948 I am my father's daughter - he loved movies and the movies he loved I grew up...
Moira Carter
Jul 18, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Helen Dardik
Illustrator of fabulous fun stuff, I adore her characters, the bright colours and the happy, happy vibe evident in all her work ...she...
Moira Carter
Jul 14, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Mary Fedden
Basket and lemons - lithograph printed by the Curwen studio - Mary Fedden Love, love, love her work! The line quality in her drawings,...
Moira Carter
Jul 11, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the Day - Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was known to some as an artist, others as a designer, and more as an architect. I love this wide and varied...
Moira Carter
Jul 6, 20172 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the Day - Andrew Wyeth
I first Saw Wyeth's work in an exhibition at the Royal Academy, there was a painting of a girl at the top of the staircase, so...
Moira Carter
Jul 4, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the Day - Miche Follano
After the last blog you were probably expecting me to write about Yves Klein, but no! I met Miche at 'Art in clay' at Hatfield a wee...
Moira Carter
Jun 29, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the Day - Irene Jones
I have a painted pebble paperweight on my desk, I bought it from a charity shop many years ago, and I thought it would inspire my friend...
Moira Carter
Jun 27, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the Day - Callen Schaub
Never heard of him? I hadn't either ...but found an amazing video of how he works on YouTube: ...and now I'm hooked! Loving all that...
Moira Carter
Jun 26, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the Day - Eileen Gray
An amazing architect and furniture designer, who designed this black lacquered screen in 1923! If you click on the above photo it will...
Moira Carter
Jun 22, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the Day - Henri Cartier-Bresson
Why inspiring for me as an artist? I love the fact that his photographs are not cropped, what he saw through the view finder is exactly...
Moira Carter
Jun 20, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Rene Gruau
Fashion illustration at its very best ... I adore his work - amazing line, great texture, colour sense and a fabulous use of space - with...
Moira Carter
Jun 15, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Andy Warhol
We all know Andy Warhol don't we?! Why do I find his work inspiring? Not for the Tin of Baked Beans - although it was a stroke of Genius...
Moira Carter
Jun 13, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Georgia O'Keeffe
Addressing the balance here - another female artist as we are generally under represented in the world of art. Elaine and I had a very...
Moira Carter
Jun 8, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the Day - Mary Wondrausch
Mary Wondrausch - I've linked this image to a video of her on Vimeo Great lady, so very passionate about not only her own work but...
Moira Carter
Jun 6, 20171 min read
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Inspiring Artist of the day - Elizabeth Frink
Great Sculptor ...yes, but it's her prints I covet! This cormorant is plain fabulous - love, love the texture in the wings, the perfect...
Moira Carter
Jun 1, 20171 min read
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