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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 »»
KAREN WALLBANK: Hill farmer and painter
KAREN WALLBANK: Hill farmer and painter 5th February 2021 I’ve just launched another video on YouTube   dhttps://youtu.be/2p0oP7hWfrY.   This one – the 7th -  is about Karen Wallbank who turned down her place at Goldsmiths College of Art to marry a hill farmer on the Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire borders. I found her in October 1987 just months after I opened the gallery. I had a strong feeling she didn’t want to be found that first time  – her directions were minimal  and the farm was fog bound and isolated.  I nearly gave up. We are both glad I pers... 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 »»
NEW KELLYS
NEW KELLYS 22nd November 2020 The Peascod video is now up and running and getting lots of viewings. Kelly Video- https://youtu.be/RFrGYuu1eao Lowry Video - https://youtu.be/KNr-vJ1tsw0 Anne Redpath Video - https://youtu.be/hCmPRSjiOX0 Bill Peascod  .  https://youtu.be/9Fk455U85d0 Interview with Anthony Cosgrove about running the gallery, Percy Kelly etc https://youtu.be/PSgCRBLUpHA I have put the new Kelly’s for sale on www.percykelly.co.uk/gallery. Choose the FOR SALE box. I have given  framed measurements with the a... Read More »»
BILL PEASCOD:coal miner, rock climber, artist
BILL PEASCOD:coal miner, rock climber, artist 20th November 2020 At last I have conquered the mysteries of my computer and its relationship with YOU TUBE. The story of Bill Peascod:  Maryport  born coal miner, pioneer rock climber and artist is now on YOUTUBE.  https://youtu.be/9Fk455U85d0   Have a look and listen when you have 40 minutes to spare.  He was the great achiever and I love his paintings.   You will hear in the video how Bill’s over confidence  fuelled by champagne was  very nearly his downfall in the Buttermere valley.  Talking of over confidenc... Read More »»