tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822813411510345372024-02-23T18:01:48.310-08:00Mary Kemp Art Blog <big>The art blog of Mary Kemp Impressionist artist, painter of the seaside, sometimes with families and dogs, especially border collies.</big>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger436125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-89526251378117013852019-04-12T08:13:00.000-07:002019-04-11T22:44:42.717-07:00How to Care for PrintsDear fellow art lovers,<br />
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I'm often asked by busy customers how to look after their prints once they've bought them.<br />
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<b>Prints are a great way to enjoy art for not a lot of money, and cared for properly a print will look just as good decades down the line as it does today.</b><br />
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Advances in technology have meant that inks and paper are much more stable than they used to be.<br />
This doesn't mean that you can mistreat your print any more than you could before, but it does mean that given good conditions it will last longer.<br />
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<b>There are four main enemies out there, dust and rogue particles, light, moisture and bad chemicals, and of course the aim is to avoid these.</b><br />
Care should involve:<br />
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<li>Avoiding direct sunlight.</li>
<li>Not keeping your print in the kitchen or bathroom or any other steamy atmosphere.</li>
<li>Ensuring the surfaces that are in direct contact with your print are acid free. Most modern framing materials will be. Check recycled frames. Old hardboard can be a problem.</li>
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<b>Choose a frame and mount you love.💖 </b>Why should you let fashion dictate your choices? unless it's fashion you love.<br />
There are many off the shelf frames out there in all different sizes and styles and I for one often use them. They are cheap and you can usually find something to suit your requirements. Ikea, DIY stores, Wilco, John Lewis all have great ranges<br />
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<b> </b>It's a good idea to have a mount round your print. <b>This serves to keep it from directly resting on the glass. Attach the print to the top back surface of the mount so the print hangs behind the mount, anchoring only the top edge. This way the print won't crinkle as it accommodates changes in moisture and temperature in the atmosphere.</b><br />
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The tape you use is important. <b>Don't use sellotape. </b>Framer's tape or even masking tape are better.<br />
Next put the mount in the frame, cleaning the glass well, and<b> seal the back of the frame,</b> with tape so nothing can get in. You'd be surprised how dust and tiny thunder flies can penetrate.<br />
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<b>So it's all ready to hang.</b><br />
Remember the cord on the back, <b>strong nylon cord</b>, tied with a proper knot.<br />
One of the most embarrassing things that happened in our house was a picture falling off the wall in the middle of the night. It hit the burglar alarm box, setting off the alarm and waking up the whole street. We were not popular! It was a lesson painfully learned.<br />
If the diy option is not for you <b>visit a local picture framer</b>. It might not be as cheap but this is the bespoke option, and you will be guided through your choices by an expert.<br />
So diy or bespoke I hope I've given you a few tips about how to care for your prints.<br />
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The prints in this article can be found in my Etsy shops, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempStudio">MaryKempStudio</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempArt">Mary Kemp Art</a> .<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-10287868661728779592019-02-11T04:00:00.000-08:002019-02-11T04:00:02.124-08:00Brooding Sea 20" x 24" Oil Painting. SOLD<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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On Boxing Day, just as I was clearing up after a splendid lunch party, full of good cheer and too much food, there was a little notification on my phone saying that one of the paintings I thought was really rather good had sold.<br />
I'm always glad when a painting finds a new home, and it seemed a fitting end to a very happy day.<br />
It went, via Royal Mail special delivery, all the way to Scotland. where I've seen seas just like this.<br />
Here is the sea at it's most enigmatic, brooding, not violent, but not hospitable.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-42880882065566662502019-02-09T03:00:00.000-08:002019-02-09T03:00:07.456-08:00Two Brothers. Painting on Canvas<br />
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Because today is so rainy and cold I thought I would post a painting that came from a warm holiday in the Canaries. Just looking at the deep blue sea transports me to another place. I can imagine the warm sun on my arms and see the blue of my favourite t-shirt (most of my t-shirts are blue). I can hear the children talking on the edge of the concrete jetty at Los Gigantes and hear the sea pounding backwards and forwards against the rocks.<br />
This is an oil painting on natural linen canvas. It's one of three paintings from that trip.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-23099707765716855532018-12-04T03:00:00.000-08:002018-12-04T03:00:00.213-08:00Thoughts on the Eve of an Art Fair<b>Oh why do I do it?????</b><br />
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Have I got everything I need?<br />
Have I got the dates right?<br />
Do I know the time?<br />
Do I know where it is?<br />
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Am I appropriately dressed? !!!!!<br />
Will it be hot? Will it be cold?<br />
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Will I have enough to eat?<br />
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MOST IMPORTANT. Where are the loos?<br />
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Is there enough change in the box?<br />
Hope there's someone nice next to me.<br />
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What's the lighting like?<br />
Have I got my glasses?<br />
What if no one comes?<br />
Worse still what if lots of people come and no-one buys from me?<br />
Have I packed the sellotape, blue tac, pens, business cards........packaging, bags..........?<br />
WILL I SLEEP TONIGHT?<br />
Have I told everyone I know?<br />
Are they interested?<br />
<i>Should I have a glass of wine tonight?</i><br />
<i>Will it prevent me sleeping?</i><br />
Is it possible to smile ALL DAY if you're grumpy at heart?<br />
What if my work's not up to scratch?<br />
Are my prices too high? TOO LOW???<br />
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Will I frighten people away?<br />
Am I too friendly? too aggressive?<br />
WILL MY CARD READER WORK? (Of course that doesn't matter because no one will ever buy anything anyway.....)<br />
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STOP!!!!<br />
STOP!!!!<br />
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What's for supper when we get home?<br />
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Pizza and baked beans eaten in front of Saturday night telly with the one I love.<br />
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<i>I wrote this on the eve of Peterborough Artists' Open Studios Affordable Art Fair.</i><br />
<i>It's been a while since I've taken part in such an event. We used to do them regularly, locally and up and down the country, but I must admit I've been seduced a bit by the internet of late and stay at home in the warm. My muscles may be atrophying from not carrying all those heavy boxes but my weekends are a lot calmer.</i><br />
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And if you'd like to see more of my prints check out my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempStudio">Etsy store</a> , the reason I don't do many art fairs anymore.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-41853723547744178342018-11-29T03:00:00.000-08:002018-11-29T03:00:02.280-08:00Days in the Studio as Christmas Approaches.This time of year as Christmas approaches I struggle with light levels in grey old England. I can't imagine how those in the land of the midnight sun fair over winter. It fills me with a whisper of glumness that sneaks into my days and settles in my lap at about tea time.<br />
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I long for the summer to come along and wake me up with bright sunlight.<br />
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My studio suffers from light inconsistencies this time of year. I may moan about low light levels but when the sun does shine it ricochets in through the window straight across the painting I'm working on, splashing light and shadows everywhere making it hard to judge colour and tone.<br />
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So I put up paper blinds on the window (I find the thin paper that comes between the sheets of glass for my husbands picture framing business ideal for that) and get a lovely diffused light. Then the sun goes in and my studio is plunged into an underwater world, leading to blinds up and lights on.<br />
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I'm amazed how I actually get any work done with all this housekeeping.<br />
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I'm working on a few things at the moment, exploring landscape and seascape, finding them as often as not peopled by those I know.<br />
I have a lot of material from summer to draw upon, saved up for the time of year when I don't want to be out and about. Memories, watercolour sketches , line drawings and photos. I installed daylight bulbs in the studio so there's no excuse. I've just got to get on with it!<br />
Watch this space.......Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-7100471667203376202018-11-16T09:50:00.000-08:002018-11-16T09:50:39.658-08:00They Tell Me I Need a Cyber Sale<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: black; max-width: 600px !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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Dear Seaside Friends,<br />We're getting excited about Christmas.<br />They tell me I need a cyber sale! So I'm sharing it with you.<br />It's only on for a short time.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>Mary's Cyber Sale!!!<br /><br />Tuesday 20th to Monday 26th November.<br />20% OFF EVERYTHING<br />Go to<a href="http://www.marykempstudio.etsy.com/" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"> www.marykempstudio.etsy.com</a></strong></span></div>
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<br />Here's some of what you'll see.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Lots of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempStudio?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&section_id=15297446" style="color: #2baadf; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">prints!!</a></span><br /><br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/marykempstudio/listing/653285063/" style="color: #2baadf; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><img data-file-id="3944121" height="590" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c738edae6ba6a539640c83a5/images/e9c2647d-01db-4c20-b63e-c778d39f2e9c.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 590px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Lots of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempStudio?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&section_id=14877974" style="color: #2baadf; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">small paintings!</a></span><br /><br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/marykempstudio/listing/616048380/" style="color: #2baadf; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><img data-file-id="3944133" height="373" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c738edae6ba6a539640c83a5/_compresseds/46856cd9-8e20-477e-973b-661270fb1154.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 373px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">And some very special <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempStudio?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&section_id=17123492" style="color: #2baadf; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">seaside paintings!</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/marykempstudio/listing/586895516" style="color: #2baadf; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><img data-file-id="3944149" height="494" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c738edae6ba6a539640c83a5/images/a59c1337-c13d-498d-aaa3-ffcc8de6d3c7.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 494px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" width="600" /></a></span><br /><br />See you there!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-32570045565530958132018-11-05T03:00:00.000-08:002018-11-05T03:00:00.167-08:00Bittersweet Inspiration<br />
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Today I'm sharing with you the bittersweet inspiration for a series of paintings I've rather grimly called "Long Lost Days" which keeps growing and growing as I add to it.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/marykempstudio/listing/641683114/three-brothers-oil-painting-original?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">"Three Brothers"</a><br />
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They've come about from the fact that I was sort of sad when my children grew up and left home. Not that I didn't want them to fly the nest. But, you know, no matter how much your brain tells you it's the way it should be and you've done a great job, your heart feels a little bit empty.<br />
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Like most parents I'd been so busy battling through the everyday that I hadn't realised how precious those days were until they were gone.</div>
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Now I realise that part of my life is behind me.</div>
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I still see my children and their families often but I am a bit player instead of the main protagonist.<br />
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<strong>And with that comes great benefits!</strong></div>
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No more organising trips, making sure everyone is fed and watered, and worrying about inappropriate clothing. The buck no longer stops with me. My children are adults and their children are their responsibility. In fact if I play my cards right someone else might take on responsibility for me and make sure I have everything I need. (fat chance!)</div>
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<strong>But one of the great advantages of this state is that now I can truly observe life because I am no longer on duty.</strong></div>
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When my children were little I ached to paint them, incorporate them into my paintings. Now it's my grandchildren who take their places, and some look so like their parents.</div>
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I've been painting this current series of paintings for about 2 years now, and it took me a while to realise that they were really scenes from the past, not the present day.</div>
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I suppose it is my way of adjusting to circumstances.</div>
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I called this series "Long Lost Days" but I think it's a bit maudlin so I have settled for " Beach Paintings" for the time being.</div>
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The series has grown and grown, scenes and couples added to it, so much so I've created a whole new shop for it on Etsy, and included some of the paintings as prints.</div>
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Here's the<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempArt" style="color: #2baadf; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"> link!</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempStudio" target="_blank">here</a> too.</div>
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<strong>And especially for you is a discount code . Just type in SEASIDEFRIENDS at checkout for a 15% discount.</strong></div>
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Happy seaside days !<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-51283756335749567972018-10-29T03:00:00.000-07:002018-10-29T03:00:05.723-07:00Every Painting Tells a Story. "Two Whippets Playing in the Surf"<span style="font-size: 16px;">Dear Seaside Friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16px;"><br />I'm sure you'll agree with me that an artwork is not solely a collection of colours and shapes. It's so much more than that.<br />There's usually a bit of a story behind every painting and I thought you might like to hear how this particular painting came about.</span><br />
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"Two Whippets Playing in the Surf" is an oil painting on canvas panel measuring 30 x 30 cm (12" x 12")<br />
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We'd visited the beach on a Wednesday. It was quiet, not many people about and all the children at school. The beach belonged to the dog walkers and those with time to dawdle, like us.<br />
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On the sand that particular day were two dark brown whippets frolicking in the sea under a blushing pink sky. They reminded me of children racing in and out of the waves.<br />
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There are no children with me on a daily basis any more. They're all off living their own lives, which if truth were told gives me time to paint.<br />
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For some reason much of my art has taken inspiration from the coast. After all every bit of life is there or somewhere close by, whether it's on the beach itself or in the sea or the wonderful seaside towns and villages, sometimes very refined, often not!<br />
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I paint a lot of dogs, and love their free spirits just like children on the beach. Perhaps that why I paint them.<br />
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<a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/639191046/" href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/639191046/" target="_blank">This painting is available</a> now online, and in time for Christmas I have also produced a <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/653285063" href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/653285063" target="_blank">print</a> of it which if you use your SEASIDEFRIENDS discount code gives you a 15% discount.<br />
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All best wishes<br />
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<span style="font-size: 44px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , "marker" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><em> Mary x</em></span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-17977895602344118692018-10-26T03:00:00.001-07:002018-10-26T03:00:03.084-07:00Border Collie Love on Etsy - Gift GuideI love the feeling I get when I discover something new and exciting while I'm browsing a site that I love.<br />
As you might have guessed I'm a big Etsy fan, and coming up to Christmas it's full of all sorts of enticing goodies.<br />
I popped "Border Collie" into the search engine, (as you might have gathered I'm a big border collie fan too) and here are some of the wonderful things that came up. I hope you enjoy them.<br />
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First I saw this unusual mug, with <b>a border collie doing what border collies do best</b>, going for a long walk in wild open countryside.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/514335978" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Blencathra Mug by Lake District Designs </span></a></td></tr>
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My second discovery was<b> a rather smart tote bag</b>, just the thing to carry those little treats home in!<br />
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This is made by Tailzgifts and is called an <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/569092497" target="_blank">Agility Border Collie Shopping Tote Bag</a>. They have lots of doggy type gifts.<br />
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I couldn't let a winter, nearly Christmas, round up go by without including a<b> cross stitch</b>. There's nothing like a long evening with a sewing project on your lap while you snooze over the television.<br />
I've found a lovely border collie for you in counted cross stitch.<br />
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My next border collie find I think is <b>a bit niche</b>, but they were so cute I just had to add them. They came up when I was looking at cross stitch kits.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/610349721" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Collie Stitch Markers by EBMetalStampingCraft</span></a></td></tr>
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You use them for counting rows of knitting and crochetting<br />
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<b>I looked at a lot of T shirts. </b><br />
Etsy explodes with T shirts with every possible image you could think of.<br />
But in the end I chose a very simple understated design with a rather winsome border collie looking out at me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/595351151" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Border Collie Tshirt by HisAndHersThreads</span></a></td></tr>
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And really I know you're dying to see what my border collie offerings looks like on Etsy. I have a lot of border collie paintings and prints there, because<b> my son's family owns the lovely Grace, a border collie with a lot of energy, </b>and she finds her way into much of my artwork.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempStudio?ref=listing-shop-header-item-count&section_id=15297446" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Jade Green Sea with Border Collie by Mary Kemp Studio</span></a></td></tr>
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Check out Etsy, it's full of great stuff. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-22376035728504973172018-10-01T06:20:00.000-07:002018-10-01T06:20:58.490-07:00Welcome Autumn!Oh, don't you just love autumn!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">© Mary Kemp.<br />Studio in Autumn</span></td></tr>
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I revel in it's misty mornings and trees exploding into colour. There's conkers and baked potatoes, not to mention wooly jumpers, and for the knitters amongst us a new project in heather coloured wool to accompany all that telly watching.<br />
It's just a shame it has to lead to winter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">© Mary Kemp<br />"Autumn Tree"</span></td></tr>
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Sometimes I paint autumn (although my heart really belongs to summer)<br />
It's very difficult for me not to reach for the blue. Sometimes I have to consciously decide not to use blue because before I know it everything is cobalt or cerulean or ultramarine.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Three Trees in a Russet Field"</span></div>
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And should I include my all time favourite autumn painting, from many years ago?<div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"French Jug"</span></div>
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Happy autumn to one and all!<br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Mary xx</span></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">© Mary Kemp<br />"Woman and Child"</span></td></tr>
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I sold this painting earlier on in the year and because, unusually I recorded how I painted it, I wanted to share it with you.<br />
Like a lot of artists I know, my head is always full of pictures, and it's very difficult when you think in pictures to put your ideas into words.<br />
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I took a photo of one of my granddaughters paddling in the shallow seas of the Norfolk coast. She was surrounded by water, with poised self sufficiency. So much so that I wanted to translate her pose into a painting.<br />
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Without further explanation here is how I painted this picture.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The orange changes <br />the feel of the picture completely.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-69209493122127808362018-09-17T02:55:00.000-07:002018-09-17T02:55:06.242-07:00Welland Valley Art Society Autumn ExhibitionBeing an artist can be a pretty lonely life at times.<br />
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<b>Day to day is usually stay at home and paint</b>, listening to the radio or your favourite music.<br />
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Social interaction is sporadic, and to be honest, not to be encouraged when you're in the middle of your current masterpiece.<br />
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<b>That is why it's so very nice to be part of an art society.</b><br />
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Not many of my family or close friends paint. Come to think of it none of my family and only one of my close friends paint. I haven't fired children or grandchildren with the desire to pick up a paint brush. I suppose it's a niche occupation, or perhaps all my family are just technical geeks.<br />
There's a great comfort to being part of a group with shared interests, to know you're not alone. Of course the internet has opened up wide horizons, <b>but there's nothing like the real life interaction of a casual chat with friends about the way the sun falls on a table or how a colour stands out with startling clarity from the rest.</b><br />
I write this as it's coming up to the autumn show of the <a href="http://www.wellandvalleyartsociety.co.uk/" target="_blank">Welland Valley Art Societ</a>y of which I'm a member. I have been for over a decade.<br />
I'm looking forward to the exhibition not least because we get to steward on a couple of occasions.<br />
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<b>I used to feel stewarding, sitting at a desk being on hand for the public, was a bit of a chore</b> but over the years I've got to see it as a wonderful way to interact with members of the public, from our buying collectors to a group from a school for adults with learning difficulties who spent over an hour looking and discussing in detail our artwork and supplying some wonderful insights into what they saw as important.<br />
Another aspect is the chance to spend time with at least one other steward. It can be a few minutes when look round the exhibition and talk about what we like, what we don't like and analyse it all to death. It's also a chance to meet up with old friends.<br />
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This year I shall be exhibiting four paintings (if they're selected) and here they are:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">© Mary Kemp<br />Cloud Over Norfolk Marshes</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">© Mary Kemp<br />Yellow Fields at Oundle</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">© Mary Kemp<br />Is This Your Dog?<br />This one's hot off the easel!</span></td></tr>
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If you're in my neck of the woods do drop in.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-18865376390338841782018-09-08T10:11:00.000-07:002018-09-08T10:11:43.213-07:00Fashions in Picture Frames. Over ten years ago my husband took over a small picture framing business.<br />
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It all came about when Bill who had been framing my paintings for years decided to up sticks and retire to Spain to live the good life.<br />
"Mary" he said, "I've had enough. Would you like to buy my business?"<br />
"No way!!!!!" was my very quick reply. After all I'm a painter. All I want to do is paint pictures.<br />
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<b>But my husband was interested.</b><br />
So a little while later we bought the business and moved it lock, stock and barrel into a brand new workshop next to my studio. In fact it's adjoining my studio so we can argue with each other as we work.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">© Mary Kemp<br />Lengths of mouldings waiting to be made into frames.</span></td></tr>
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We inherited a wide variety of stock, including a stack of mouldings, which included lots of gold and a ton of dark wood. There were some patterned lengths and some blonde wood too.<br />
My husband took to framing like a duck to water. Being an engineer the precision and the practicalities suited him well and he produces neat, well put together frames.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">© Mary Kemp<br />Some mouldings</span></td></tr>
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At first our most popular frame was a chunky number in burnished gold, speckledy with a fancy profile. Next most popular were dark oak or mahogany mouldings. Most mounts were fairly slim and usually beige, cream or sludgy green.<br />
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We used up most of the gold and mahogany, even ordered in more, but much of the other stock remained untouched. Some of it even found it's way into the bin.<br />
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After a while the gold and the heavy wood became less popular and we started to be asked for more black or white frames with very plain profiles, nothing fancy. Mounts got bigger too (much to my husbands disgusts. I don't know why because bigger mounts meant bigger profits) and they became paler too, no beige, rarely any colour, only soft cream or white.<br />
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<b>Fashion in frames, what's in and what's out.</b><br />
Heavy wood and fancy gold seems to be out, and there's not much limed wood to be seen either.<br />
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While some people like to stick to their old favourites we've seen at the moment the <b>most popular frame is a plain slim black or white moulding often partnered with a white mount. </b>It looks good with all manner of prints, photos and original artwork, complementing today's liking for a clean unfussy look.<br />
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As an artist I love a simple frame. It's hard enough painting a picture without agonising over a frame! A simple frame takes nothing away from the artwork, throwing it well and truly into centre stage.<br />
I like white more than black but above all I want you to see my artwork not the frame.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">© Mary Kemp<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempArt?ref=l2-shopheader-name&section_id=23441748" target="_blank">"Lindisfarne Sky"</a><br />Click caption to see more.<br />A simple white frame showcases this warm painting of Lindisfarne.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-31730275507651476682018-08-16T03:00:00.000-07:002018-11-04T10:07:51.486-08:00Walking Into The Sunset<strong> I've painted several commissions already this year but this one of a couple walking into the sunset was a little bit different.</strong><br />
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Usually I paint dogs and families on the beach. It's a sight I absolutely adore, and if there's one subject that allows you to bring a piece of the seaside home with you it's children, or dogs, or children and dogs, running around on the beach having fun.<br />
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This summer however one of my commissions turned out to be not the same. I was asked to paint not dogs or children but a couple on the beach.<br />
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It was a young couple,<strong> just a silhouette as a reminder of being together at that time</strong>. The whole painting was inspired by one of my more abstract impressionist pieces.<br />
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Although the painting was very impressionistic and the couple not identifiable I was nevertheless sent photos so I could get their relative height and build right.<br />
I took great pleasure in painting this picture and was pleased with the end result, and even more pleased when it was well received!<br />
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Discover how to commission your own special painting <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/marykempart/listing/622473764/">here.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-29509424862207362102018-07-12T08:42:00.000-07:002018-07-12T08:42:48.784-07:00Thank You To All Who Visited My Open Studio<div class="" style="clear: both; color: #202020; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">
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I would like to say a big "thank you" to all of you who visited my open studio during the last two weekends in June.</div>
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We had a blast as they say, consumed a lot of cake, talked art and other un-related topics non stop.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "seago"; font-size: 16.8px;">Of course the subjects weren't a million miles away from the sea. Even in the cold weather the sound of the waves was tugging at my heartstrings and sky blue and the colour of golden sands were the only colours to put on the paper. I suppose the blue could have been ice, but really it was the North sea, which to many people now I come to think of it does seem cold and inhospitable.</span><br />
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And just to put the record straight the North sea from the east coast in Norfolk is a very friendly place in summer with it's never ending sands and shallow sea for paddling in, the ideal place in fact for a few days by the sea.<br />
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At the moment I am gearing up for <a href="http://www.marykemp.co.uk/section858101.html">Open Studios</a> 2018. A selection of these watercolours will have a space on the walls along with my more usual oil paintings and all manner of prints and cards.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've had some joyous times, met lots of old and new friends , made many a cup of tea and talked endlessly about my favourite subject, art, my art, the garden and several unrelated topics.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica";">6. Order, buy frames. In fact that means persuading my husband who is a picture framer to make my frames between jobs.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica";">7. Write a list of people I will invite and plan the digital and paper invitations. Get those out about 2 weeks before the event. Mustn't spam people and remember GDPR.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica";">8. Decide how I want to display my art, and get as much on the walls as early as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica";">9. Find the visitors' book and check I have enough business cards. And a receipt book.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica";">10. Check the lighting in the house is good for a dull day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica";">11. Week before: you know this one. Clean the house and tidy the garden. </span><br />
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Writers are always told to write about the things they know and I suppose artists are much the same, they paint or sculp or draw the subjects that are close to them.<br />
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So it's no surprise, to me at least, that I paint the seaside.<br />
I've never lived by the sea , but we're a small island here so I've visited the coast in all it's moods very often, spring, summer, autumn and winter, all through my life, under all sorts of circumstances, happy and sad, rich or poor. Even when we go abroad I feel I must visit the sea.<br />
My latest picture "Summer Holiday" sparks sharp memories of childhood holidays.<br />
I can feel the cold and splash of the waves on my legs, but it was observed years later when my own children did the very same thing. Except that they are so much bolder in the sea than me.</div>
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I know there are those among you who love the technical bits, the nitty gritty of it all.<br />
Well I've painted this on a canvas panel that I primed with a couple of layers of gesso. </div>
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I use oil paints having roughly positioned the figures in pencil. There's a transparent pale yellow wash goes on first, to give it a bit of a glow, and then I add the sky and sea. </div>
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The figures I have painted with largely transparent colours, burnt siena is a favourite, and there's purple and magenta in there too. You might notice that I use a palette knife for the sea and the waves to bring out the splashiness of the water. </div>
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To my oil paints I add a small amount of Liquin medium and when I want to beef it up I use Liquin Gel that holds the brush strokes. It also helps it dry quicker.<br />
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Key colours are cerulean blue and pale Naples yellow, although recently I've discovered Azure blue by Sennelier, an intense seasidey turquoise colour. I've used a lot of ultramarine violet too.<br />
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I've framed this painting very simply in a white floater frame, and it's all ready to hang in my <a href="http://paos.org.uk/">open studio event</a> next month.<br />
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This doggie bundle of dynamite is about six years old now and shares a home with two adults, three teenagers, a cat called Dizzy, two kittens, and various reptiles.<br />
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<b>She likes:</b><br />
Sleeping on the settee.<br />
Long walks.<br />
Doggie treats.<br />
Drinking out of puddles.<br />
Other dogs. (sometimes)<br />
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Cats.<br />
Cars.<br />
Inactivity.<br />
Loud noises.<br />
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Life was not always so good for Grace. She used to live with people who went out all day, leaving her alone and pining. She barked a lot and the neighbours complained.<br />
Then Grace came to live with her present family who have a lot more time for her, including her in their lives and taking her for exhaustingly long walks.<br />
<b>Now she is happy</b>.<br />
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When I go for walks with the family Grace charges about full of life and enthusiasm, livening up the landscape and the seascape.<br />
(I tried to take some more photos of her at the weekend for this post but she was so very quick I only captured her tail. You're seeing pictures from the summer.)<br />
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<i>It's no wonder this funny, affectionate, mad dog features so much in my paintings.</i><br />
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You know me, I've done a lot standing about at art shows, and had a good time.</div>
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So coming up this spring I have a couple of things I'd like to share with you.</div>
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Stamford Arts Centre is hosting the spring exhibition of the Welland Art Society. I've been a member of this group for a number of years now and even have the exalted post of webmaster. I shall be exhibiting a few paintings with them and having an enjoyable time stewarding a couple of times. The dates are May 1st to 12th. <a href="http://www.wellandvalleyartsociety.co.uk/info.html">More info.</a></div>
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Down in St. Ives (Huntingdonshire not Cornwall!) the wonderful <a href="http://www.vkgallery.co.uk/">VK Gallery</a> is hosting a coastal exhibition and I have been invited to take part. This is on throughout May and June.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-55927651367719000442018-03-30T02:31:00.000-07:002018-03-30T02:34:59.898-07:00Discover the Wonderful North Norfolk Coast.There's a part of the country that's out of the way. A part that lots of people never visit because it's not on the road to anywhere, no big towns, no ferries to far away places, not a place of magnificent cliffs and sweeping vistas, and it's somewhere you have to travel through vast tracts of flat terrain to reach, like some intrepid explorer.<br />
But , oh, it is wonderful once you get there!<br />
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Being brought up in the Midlands I've been visiting North Norfolk all my life. We've had picnics on the sands at Hunstanton, eaten crab at Cromer and walked on the prom at Sherringham, not to mention seen the Queen going home from church as we navigated the windy roads near Sandringham.<br />
<b>Hunstanton or Brancaster in particular always seemed the default places to go for a day out, when you wanted familiarity, comfort and the feeling that childhood certainties still stand.</b><br />
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Hunstanton with it's fish and chips, buckets and spade and gawdy funfair, and Brancaster for miles of open sands with the sea in strips, and when you walk out to the water's edge you feel as though the world is so huge and you are so small and so very, very free.<br />
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<b>But don't take this as a plea to visit Norfolk. I don't want you to go.</b> I feel it's mine, I like the unfashionableness of the parts I visit and the lack of bustle on every day of the year except a hot summer holiday or the first warm day of spring.<br />
So don't discover Norfolk, you'll love it too much than is good for you. Be warned.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-47389432372780618662018-03-15T03:00:00.000-07:002018-03-15T03:00:26.263-07:00Bittersweet Inspiration.Dear Seaside Friends,<br />
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Today I'm sharing with you the bittersweet inspiration of my modern beach series of paintings called "Long Lost Days" and also the fact that I've created a whole new online <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempArt" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> to show them off.<br />
I'm still running my other shop at full pelt, but I felt this series needed a whole shop to itself, especially as I seem to be adding to the series constantly.<br />
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This series comes from the fact that I was sort of sad when my children grew up and left home. Not that I didn't want them to fly the nest. But, you know, no matter how much your brain tells you it's the way it should be and you've done a great job, your heart feels a little bit empty.<br />
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Like most parents I'd been so busy battling through the everyday that I hadn't realised how precious those days were until they were gone.<br />
Now I realise that part of my life is behind me.<br />
I still see my children and their families often but I am a bit player instead of the main protagonist.<br />
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And with that comes great benefits!<br />
No more organising trips, making sure everyone is fed and watered, and worrying about inappropriate clothing. The buck no longer stops with me. My children are adults and their children are their responsibility. In fact if I play my cards right someone else might take on responsibility for me and make sure I have everything I need. (fat chance!)<br />
<b>But one of the great advantages of this state is that now I can truly observe life because I am no longer on duty.</b><br />
When my children were little I ached to paint them, incorporate them into my paintings. Now it's my grandchildren who take their places, and some look so like their parents.<br />
I've been painting this current series of paintings for about 2 years now, and it took me a while to realise that they were really scenes from the past, not the present day.<br />
I suppose it is my way of adjusting to circumstances.<br />
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I called this series "Long Lost Days" but I think it's a bit maudlin so I have settled for "Modern Beach Paintings" for the time being.<br />
The series has grown so much I've created a whole new shop for it on Etsy, and included some of the paintings as prints.<br />
Here's the<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MaryKempArt" target="_blank"> link!</a><br />
<b>And especially for you is a discount code . Just type in SEASIDEFRIENDS at checkout for a 15% discount.</b><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982281341151034537.post-70484079890967270222018-03-08T02:12:00.000-08:002018-03-08T02:12:13.236-08:00International Women's Day and Aunt GladysIt's International Women's Day today, 8th March.<br />
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I remember that date particularly because it's the same date as my husband's Auntie Gladys's birthday. Whilst she claimed not to be a "women's libber"she sure stuck up for her rights in the times when you needed a man's signature just to get a mortgage.<br />
Gladys was a larger than life character who worked for the BBC as a continuity engineer, the only woman I knew back then who was called an engineer. But of course the main thing I remember about her was that she was kind and helped me greatly when my children were young.<br />
So every time I think of strong women I think of Auntie Gladys.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Joseph Farquarson. "The Shortening Day" in Liverpool Art Gallery.<br />I must admit this was the first painting I thought of when deciding on snowy paintings.<br />Joseph Farquarson used to paint from a heated caravan towed to where he'd decided was a good view point. And, as well, some of the sheep were models he'd made and stuck in the snow. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Claude Monet "Haystacks. The Effect of Snow" in the Metropolitan Museum.<br />He painted this scene time and time again, in all sorts of weather and all lights.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pieter Bruegel "Hunters in the Snow" in the Kunthistorisches Museum, Vienna.<br />This painting sends shivers down my spine.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">JMW Turner "Valley of Aosta, Snowstorm, Avalanche and Thunderstorm" Chicago Museum.<br />You can always rely on Turner for a bit of atmospheric painting! See the figures in the right hand corner dwarfed by nature.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Camille Pissarro "Pont Neuf, the Effect of Snow" in the National Museum Cardiff.<br />I can imagine the snow being all slushy and wet. Ah well. that's how it ends.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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