Growman Olympic Gardens Queen’s Park 2012
Rosie and I attended the launch of the olympic gardens in Queens Park Loughborough . We then had tea, sandwiches and loads of cake in the cafe next to the museum with the lady mayoress.
Healing Muse – Ginny
Ginny is a muse and her mantra, supports you with creativity, wellbeing and courage. She teaches us that it is okay to be bold, different and most of all yourself. She was created for me by a lovely lady called Julia Harvey. Julia takes a photo of you and then creates using her intuition a…
ArtisanHQ.Com “My Life As A Writer Is Born”
When I was little I was very quiet and shy. I didn’t say much and didn’t have much confidence either. Over the years I had different jobs and did different activities, but none of them really made me tick, until I started writing about art. ArtisanHQ.com This little site and the guys that owned it…
Ian Thomson “The Twists And Turns Of Being An Artist”
Ian Thomson “The Twists And Turns Of Being An Artist” No one ever said that life would be easy and that to get your dream of being an artist would be plain sailing. Here I feature Ian, who not only is one of the Co-founders of the site ArtisanHQ.com, but also an artist and a…
Kelly Rae Roberts: How I became an Artist
Kelly Rae Roberts spent her early career as a clinical medical social worker— counselling broken hearts and helping others through the fights of their lives. It was powerful, important work for her but one that made her heart become tired. Until at the age of 30 she started playing with paint.Everything shifted and changed and…
Tell Me About Your Mother – Tracey Kershaw Exhibition Town Hall
Famed for the creation of numerous maternal pieces of work, here artist Tracey Kershaw invites us to look at her current work around Mothers. A person dear to all of our hearts. I first came across Tracey’s work in my home town of Loughborough. She was exhibiting her current work “Tell Me About Your Mother”.…
Mother Teresa Saved My Life – Interview With Irish Artist Oliver McParland
Oliver McParland’s Journey to become an artist is extraordinary and almost miraculous in some sense. The Belfast man who now resides in Ballycastle Co Antrim tells us about his fondest moment after drawing a picture of Robert F Kennedy and it eventually finding its way to the White House in Washington DC. To a day he…
Loughborough LEGO Men And A Little Girl Called Angel
This was never published by my local paper, although I did send it in. Looking at my previous post, you can see a pattern emerging. Its almost as though I am a visionary in some respect and writing about what I see and feel. The little men have now gone, but my stories and ability…
From Hospitals To Coffee (Centro Lounge Baxter Gate)
As the title says from plasters to coffee and this is true for me. I came here one day as I had been playing at school and had hurt myself. I had been jumping up to grab hold of the window latch and had missed and the next thing I knew I was at the…
Helping Your Mental Health Through Art Therapy
Art has always been a part of our lives. We were first introduced to it at an early age, either through play groups or when we first went to school. I want to take look at the benefits of doing art and joining a group, and how it helps us as people in our everyday…