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Selection of paintings on table easels displayed at pop-up market with additional artwork in folders on the table in front of the display stands

Market day with Otley Coffee Culture

Getting to know the Yorkshire art scene at Saturday’s fantastic Otley Coffee Culture pop-up market.

Market day with Otley Coffee Culture

Getting to know the Yorkshire art scene at Saturday’s fantastic Otley Coffee Culture pop-up market.

Life forms – my framing choices

Life forms – my framing choices

I promised my newsletter readers (sign up if you haven’t already done so) that I’d blog about my curation and framing choices for the Life Forms exhibition. Here goes. What...

Life forms – my framing choices

I promised my newsletter readers (sign up if you haven’t already done so) that I’d blog about my curation and framing choices for the Life Forms exhibition. Here goes. What...

Jeanne-Louise wearing an orange coat stands in front of an exhibition wall with framed life drawings

Life forms exhibition opening

Jeanne-Louise shares highlights from the Life Forms exhibition in Otley. The exhibition brings together artwork from 32 artists who enjoy life drawing on Thursday evenings.

Life forms exhibition opening

Jeanne-Louise shares highlights from the Life Forms exhibition in Otley. The exhibition brings together artwork from 32 artists who enjoy life drawing on Thursday evenings.

Oil painting of seascape with textured wave breaking on beach

These are a few of my favourite hues

Jeanne-Louise shares tips about her colour palettes for her two new seascape creations: Tipple and Pure. She also shares some tips for photographing blue art.

These are a few of my favourite hues

Jeanne-Louise shares tips about her colour palettes for her two new seascape creations: Tipple and Pure. She also shares some tips for photographing blue art.

painted house portrait of converted barn with lawn and garden

Welcome to the Barley Mill

Learn about the creative process in my summer oil painting commission: an original house portrait of a beautifully converted barn in scenic, hilly Shropshire.

Welcome to the Barley Mill

Learn about the creative process in my summer oil painting commission: an original house portrait of a beautifully converted barn in scenic, hilly Shropshire.

Jeanne-Louise (in orange) on a garden wicker chair placed on a lawn sketching on her lap

Plein air sketching in Shropshire

Find out more about the plein air sketching and site analysis that went into my latest commission of a beautiful converted barn in scenic Shropshire.

Plein air sketching in Shropshire

Find out more about the plein air sketching and site analysis that went into my latest commission of a beautiful converted barn in scenic Shropshire.