Post by Owen on Jan 23, 2019 8:29:16 GMT
1 ~~~ An artist's paintings of East End London are finally gaining recognition ~~~
Doreen Fletcher started painting scenes of East End London in 1983 but gave up in 2004 after being discouraged by a lack of recognition.
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A chance encounter with London blogger The Gentle Author helped bring her East End paintings to public attention in 2015.
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An upcoming exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery is to show the breadth of her work, featuring atmospheric scenes of streets and parks,
including buildings that have since been demolished.
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She says of her art: "Since I was a teenager I have been committed to drawing and painting what might be termed 'the almost gone'.
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"Be it the changing use of buildings, the crumbling of dry-stone walls, abandoned terraces and disused barns, faded shop signs,
dilapidated street furniture or graffiti, they are all the stuff of my pictures, to be recorded before being swept away."
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Here are some of her paintings, with descriptions in her own words.
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www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-46959155
Doreen Fletcher started painting scenes of East End London in 1983 but gave up in 2004 after being discouraged by a lack of recognition.
~
A chance encounter with London blogger The Gentle Author helped bring her East End paintings to public attention in 2015.
~
An upcoming exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery is to show the breadth of her work, featuring atmospheric scenes of streets and parks,
including buildings that have since been demolished.
~
She says of her art: "Since I was a teenager I have been committed to drawing and painting what might be termed 'the almost gone'.
~
"Be it the changing use of buildings, the crumbling of dry-stone walls, abandoned terraces and disused barns, faded shop signs,
dilapidated street furniture or graffiti, they are all the stuff of my pictures, to be recorded before being swept away."
~
Here are some of her paintings, with descriptions in her own words.
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www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-46959155