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Notes from the Pink Egg
Good news about the Percy Kelly exhibition at Theatre by the Lake
18th March 2024
Extra date added due to popular demand for world premiere public screening We'll be opening our gallery doors for the The Percy Kelly: Scene and Unseen exhibition in just two weeks' time, and we can't wait to welcome you in! The world premiere public screening of never before seen footage sold out within hours of the event going on sale, so we've added an extra date to give you another chance to snap up a ticket to this special event... A special exhibition by arrangement with Chris ...
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PERCY KELLY; SCENE AND UNSEEN the sequel!
25th February 2024
There is great excitement throughout the land about this Percy Kelly fund raising exhibition at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick which I flagged up in my last posting. (It opens Saturday 30th March and runs to April 20th. Open daily 12noon – 7.00pm. Closed Sundays. Admission free.) The reaction to this news was astonishing. Tickets to the first public screening of a previously unseen piece of film about Kelly dating back to 1963/4 sold out as soon as my newsletter hit your screens leaving a lot...
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DRAMA AND MYSTERY AT THEATRE BY THE LAKE
7th February 2024
I heard Melvyn Bragg, speaking in the House of Lords this week, say: WE ARE SLEEPWALKING INTO MEDIOCRITY – HERE’S WHY WE NEED TO REVIVE THE ARTS. Until a few years ago, Melvyn, erstwhile chair of Words by the Water would be getting ready to travel north in spring for the annual literature festival at Theatre by the Lake but due to a tragic illness suffered by the founders (Kay Dunbar and her now full time carer husband Stephen Bristow) it had to come to a halt. It is still sadly missed and has...
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... AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE
8th December 2023
Percy Kelly used to make a start on his Christmas cards every year in September. Each one was a one-off piece of art with a unique design which he varied as he went along. Some were lino cuts, others hand painted small etchings as well as delicate cut- out cards and if you were very lucky he would decorate the envelope as well. He did many versions of this one when he lived at Pear Tree Cottage in Norfolk at the end of his life which seemed appropriate. They were eventually posted after a frant...
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SHIPPING BROW GALLERY - CHECK IT OUT!
19th November 2023
Apologies for the long gap between communications – I’ve had a lot to deal with lately – but you are not forgotten. I have news … lots of news … and all of it good … so far! I’ve been to Maryport twice this week – both enjoyable trips. On Tuesday I was at the Lifeboat station where Maryport Rescue was celebrating its well deserved King’s Award for Voluntary Service. These dedicated people, like Air Ambulance and Mountain Rescue etc, don’t get any government money - they rely on donations. All ...
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SHIPPING BROW GALLERY - CHECK IT OUT!
19th November 2023
Apologies for the long gap between communications – I’ve had a lot to deal with lately – but you are not forgotten. I have news … lots of news … and all of it good … so far! I’ve been to Maryport twice this week – both enjoyable trips. On Tuesday I was at the Lifeboat station where Maryport Rescue was celebrating its well deserved King’s Award for Voluntary Service. These dedicated people, like Air Ambulance and Mountain Rescue etc, don’t get any government money - they rely on donations. All ...
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DIGGING DEEP IN CARLISLE
29th September 2023
DIGGING DEEP Sometimes good things come out of bad. Carlisle Cricket Club was badly hit in the terrible floods in 2015 after their site north of the River Eden in Bitts Park was very badly affected. Their clubhouse, which was damaged beyond repair, needed to be demolished and rebuilt. A team of archeologists gathered in May 2017 to evaluate the site before planning could be considered. It quickly became obvious that the site, by a bend in the River Eden, very close to Hadrians wall, was holdi...
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CONNECTIONS
7th August 2023
Went on a trip to Kendal last week to see what was happening at Abbot Hall after more than three years of closure. It is one of the best known and loved northern galleries What a surprise and a revelation. The once dark entrance hall was full of light. For the first time in the forty years I’ve been going to exhibitions there, the shutters were open revealing the eastern view across the lawns to the River Kent. What was even more pleasing as I looked down – there were people out there sitting a...
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THE BEST PAD IN TOWN
3rd July 2023
A cheerful addition to yesterday's newsletter. It's nothing to do with Percy but it is art and it has really made my day. It is the self-build home of a Great Tit and fulfils all the environmental building regs and more. Set in a elevated and safe position in a patio heater with excellent views it is built entirely with natural materials sourced locally; twigs from the beech hedge nearby, an insulating layer of dried moss from our lawn and a luxurious soft lining of Persian cat hair - the bes...
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THE WATERLILY
1st July 2023
Apologies for the radio silence. The last 2 months have been hectic in many ways with new writing, several new project options and a You Tube to sort out as well as family and social happenings and of course the usual continuing battle in the garden with rabbits, deer, pheasants and now persistent mice. This is a painting of a waterlily pond by Percy Kelly which has come directly from the Percy Kelly Estate. Although Kelly is best known for his clear linear style in his drawings of villages, ...
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