Lesley Birch Artist  Newsletter February 2014
 
PAINTING IN ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL


I was delighted to have my painting "Into the Blue" selected for the Royal Marsden Art Exhibition in Chelsea until May. The exhibition then moves to Royal Marsden Sutton until September 2014. "Into the Blue" is a tranquil abstracted seascape for sale with a percentage going to the hospital. 


 Artists' Collective
 
As a founding member of Donderdag Collective, I'm excited to be part of our first-ever life drawing exhibition on until 28th February here in York at The White Room Gallery, 36 Bootham.  The art is in the 'raw', unframed and unaltered.
 
More details of Donderdag Exhibition and artworks here
 
RAY FEARN
a lovely ink line drawing by artist friend Ray Fearn
 
Sadly, Ray is too ill to join us for the exhibition.  However, we are proud to show his beautiful work.

 
 
NARRATIVE PAINTINGS
 

 I'm working on a new body of work about today's drinking culture covered in the Press ...  This one's on the go ... a possible submission for this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.  Yes, it's that time of year again.
 
last year's successful RA painting "The Red Beret"
 
 
The BUSY LIFE of an Artist
 
sketching - even on a speed awareness course last week, the sketchbook was surreptitiously out!
 
printmaking - every Wednesday using presses at St Peter's School, York
 
painting - in my studio
 
life drawing - Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings
 
Teaching - English Literature - feeds into my narrative paintings


Preview Night, Royal Marsden


 
A super preview night on Feb 6th - met lots of interesting folks - in particular, fascinating to talk to Susan Ryder and hear her experiences of painting The Queen.  She also painted Princess Diana in that wedding dress.  Despite the tube strike, I got there for 6pm and back in York at 1am.  A long day, but worth it.
 

Next Exhibition:
March into Spring
March 2014
I have a solo show in this lovely new York Gallery where I'll be exhibiting recent paintings and monoprints. 
 

"From Arran" - 60 x 60 cms,
acrylic on canvas new painting due for exhibition

 
In Progress ...
Check out more paintings and prints developing, changing, moving HERE ...
 more new paintings HERE
 
NEW COLLECTORS
After Cork Street Open last year, I was invited to join Artfinder, a new online art gallery.  I'm always a bit sceptical about these, but this one is absolutely fantastic, with a high quality of work on show and VERY easy people to deal with.  Some of my new collectors come from as far afield as Chicago and Victoria. And they seem to know their stuff, which is wonderful for a printmaker like me. The internet is a wonderful thing.
 
"I just couldn't ignore this.  Thank you."
B. Fergusson, Chicago, USA.
 
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Lesley Birch Artist
  The Studio, 11 Clifton Place 
York YO30 6BJ  +44 (0)1904 653942  United kingdom