Notes from the Pink Egg

ANON 3. BUY A PIECE OF ORIGINAL ART FOR CHRISTMAS.
ANON 3. BUY A PIECE OF ORIGINAL ART FOR CHRISTMAS. 31st October 2021 In my 25 years at Castlegate House, I twice before put on a fund raising exhibition called ANON in which artists, actors and celebrities were given a piece of card, asked to paint or draw on it and sign it on the back. This was then placed in a cd case and mounted patchwork style on the wall and people were invited to come and purchase at a fixed price without knowing whose work it was – a bargain price in most cases – and all the proceeds went to Theatre by the Lake in Keswick. People still tal... Read More »»
KELLY IN COCKERMOUTH
KELLY IN COCKERMOUTH 31st August 2021 The last 2 months have been crazy.  The ending of lockdown opened the floodgates and I now have 3 projects on the go plus an exciting possibility. I began another video but another coincidence popped up which I will add when it has happened. It will round it off very neatly I’ve just acquired 3 PK sketches of Cockermouth which I’ve loaded on to the web site www.percykelly.co.uk. 2 are based in the  vicinity of All Saints church and the other in Gallowbarrow looking towards Wordsworth House wher... Read More »»
PERCY'S DAY OUT.
PERCY'S DAY OUT. 23rd July 2021 Sorry for the Radio silence and the lack of another new video. It is work in progress!  There is just so much exciting stuff  happening  here at the moment it is difficult to keep all the balls in the air. I also have a list of at least 20 video stories to make but am saving them for darker days and/or the next lockdown whichever comes first. (sorry that’s my pessimism showing) In my last newsletter a few  weeks ago I told you there were just 2 of the 10 x 10- Kelly charity charcoals left.  The... Read More »»
SHEILA FELL'S CUMBERLAND
SHEILA FELL'S CUMBERLAND 22nd April 2021 SMALL PLEASURES ... Hello everybody. Hope you’re all well, vaccinated and enjoying this glorious sunshine. We ventured into the wild yesterday  -  I never imagined B&Q in Penrith could be so exciting  - I even put earrings in and a bit of lippy!  How the world has changed – and our perception of it. The latest video is now available on YouTube. Click on  https://youtu.be/q0cEHXCFNZI   It’s titled SHEILA FELL’S CUMBERLAND and  it is the story of a painting by Sheila Fell RA. Having made videos ... Read More »»
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL 13th March 2021 Just to let you know that I have put 7 new small Percy Kelly works on the web site www.percykelly.co.uk in the section marked  FOR SALE   I have attached them here in 4 groups so that you can see them framed and in proportion to each other. (I hope this works in this mail out – not sure I can send 4 in this system but I’ll have a go!)    Note that I have left the framer’s protective film round the frames to protect them.  Individual images are on the web site. Kelly signed very few of his work... Read More »»
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL More.
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL More. 13th March 2021  Here are the next 2 images ... Read More »»
LINE OF BEAUTY – THE MOVIE!
LINE OF BEAUTY – THE MOVIE! 8th March 2021 LINE OF BEAUTY – THE MOVIE! A year ago, March 2020, I was busy working my way through a large heap of books in readiness for chairing and speaking at Words by the Water our annual Literature Festival based in Theatre by the Lake in Keswick.  But we’d just heard that the dreaded corona virus had reached the UK. The festival took place and the country locked down at the end of the month. We had no idea then that we would still be in lockdown this spring and for the first time in 20 years the fest... Read More »»
PERCY KELLY - memories on film
PERCY KELLY - memories on film 24th January 2021 This is the longest January I can ever remember. It just goes on … and on … Perhaps like me you’ve sorted out photographs, paintings, lists, cupboards, drawers etc. Sorting out the computer is a bit like the wardrobe – deciding what to delete from years gone by now forgotten like bell bottom jeans and mini skirts … er they all come back given time! I’ve also updated the website www.percykelly.co.uk so it’s easier to navigate. But the most productive thing for me has been making these videos whi... Read More »»
WISH LIST FOR 2021
WISH LIST FOR 2021 24th December 2020 Making wishes for a new improved 2021. . Hope to see and spend time with friends and family. Hope not to live in fear of the future. Hope to get to theatres, cinemas,  exhibitions, concerts, and travel again. Hope for better leadership and decision making at all levels. Hope for a better, kinder, fairer world.  PEACE ON EARTH Maybe this is just a tad too ambitious! (particularly the last one) but we can but dream or go mad. ... Read More »»
EARTHBOUND MAGIC: Percy Kelly's oil paintings & other stories.
EARTHBOUND MAGIC: Percy Kelly's oil paintings & other stories. 16th December 2020 EARTHBOUND MAGIC I have just posted another video on  YOU TUBE. https://youtu.be/xSUqKsV3eN8..  This time it’s about Percy’s oil paintings with a few stories thrown in of course.  You will find out what changed Brian Kelly’s mind to send his father’s work to Cumbria rather than have a big bonfire, why Percy painted so few oil paintings and whether my latest discovery  is an oil or is it just a piece of tatty hardboard? Earthbound Magic  was how Spectator  art critic, Andrew Lambirth described ... Read More »»