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Painting of black and white cat in garden with daisies and poppies hung above a mantelpiece with greetings cards on it

New home, new walls

Are coloured walls good for displaying art? Enjoying her new Yorkshire home, artist Jeanne-Louise shares her views on hanging art on painted walls.

New home, new walls

Are coloured walls good for displaying art? Enjoying her new Yorkshire home, artist Jeanne-Louise shares her views on hanging art on painted walls.

Jeanne-Louise at the exhibition entrance to David Hockney 'A Year in Normandie'

Exhibition treat: Hockney in Saltaire

Jeanne-Louise shares her highlights from the David Hockney exhibitions at Salts Mill in Saltaire.

Exhibition treat: Hockney in Saltaire

Jeanne-Louise shares her highlights from the David Hockney exhibitions at Salts Mill in Saltaire.

Detail from scan of newspaper cutting of young ballet dancers in front of dressing room mirror

Mini musical musings – part 2 – Strauss

Music is one of my muses, especially for my dance creations. Today I share why Strauss is special to me in the second mini post about the music I enjoy painting...

Mini musical musings – part 2 – Strauss

Music is one of my muses, especially for my dance creations. Today I share why Strauss is special to me in the second mini post about the music I enjoy painting...

Onegin ballet score CD and red ballet programme photographed with white freesias and red ribbon

Mini musical musings – part 1 – Onegin

Music is one of my muses, especially for my dance creations. This ballet blog, featuring Tchaikovsky's score for Onegin, is the first in a series of mini posts about the...

Mini musical musings – part 1 – Onegin

Music is one of my muses, especially for my dance creations. This ballet blog, featuring Tchaikovsky's score for Onegin, is the first in a series of mini posts about the...

Jeanne-Louise standing in front of Van Gogh self-portrait

Exhibition treat: Van Gogh at the Courtauld

This weekend, a good friend and I enjoyed an art and photography fix in London. First on our itinerary: the Van Gogh, Self-Portraits exhibition and the Courtauld collections.  Viewing so many of...

Exhibition treat: Van Gogh at the Courtauld

This weekend, a good friend and I enjoyed an art and photography fix in London. First on our itinerary: the Van Gogh, Self-Portraits exhibition and the Courtauld collections.  Viewing so many of...

Giselle ballerina painting

Recommendations for ballet first-timers

A few people have told me that they've not been to the ballet but watching a ballet is on their bucket list. What ballets would you recommend as a good first for...

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Recommendations for ballet first-timers

A few people have told me that they've not been to the ballet but watching a ballet is on their bucket list. What ballets would you recommend as a good first for...

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