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This print with cute teddy bears is now available from my art shop
Print is available in various sizes, click here to buy: http://shop.elenapriestley.com/teddy_bears_on_a_chair_pp007
Here is an interesting story about the projects from the Romney Marsh Times:
Murals open window to Marsh life in New Romney
Scenes of life across Romney Marsh from six local artists are being bought to life in New Romney by a local foundation.
The project is the brainchild of local writer and artist Briony Kapoor who set up a foundation to support local artists in the memory of her husband, Satish, who was killed in a car accident. Briony’s Imos Foundation is based in New Romney, and after coming up with the idea of a mural project for the town she commissioned Shepway artists Sue Randle, Dee Taylor, Victoria Fontaine-Wolf, James Marsh, Elena Priestley and Ryan Orme to create various works. Continue reading
Characters tell colourful tale of life on the marsh
Romney Marsh was given a colourful splash of colour this week as artists flooded in to complete two high-profile projects. In New Romney High Street twin murals of farming life and church symbolism took shape thanks to painters Elena Priestley and Phillippa Goddard. And behind closed doors, more than half of 36 portraits commissioned to show the range of careers on Romney Marsh are already complete. These five examples, above, by Elena Priestley show a train driver, fisherman, butcher, estate agent and school student — do you recognise any of them?
The collection is likely to be exhibited at Sainsbury’s in New Romney, which already boasts five paintings of towers on the Marsh. Behind the project is the IMOS foundation, coordinated by Fairfield Road resident Briony Kapoor, who has poored her own cash into commissioning the works. She said: “The mural painting has been particularly exciting. Its causing passers-by to stop and congratulate the artists and the children have been excited by the animals coming to life.”
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One of the 6 portraits of local people that will be displayed in the New Romney Sainsburys.
More portraits will be created by other artists as part of the “New Romney Murals”, IMOS Foundation.
