|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Author: Roo Waterhouse
Down to Earth
This summer I spent a wonderful few days with my grown up children in a beautiful wooden yurt at Henbant Farm in Caernarfon. Plenty of wandering about the land, watching the birds and the bees, and browsing all the inspiring planet-friendly books on the shelves of the common room outbuilding.
Our time there inspired these two Shelf Portrait paintings: ‘Down to Earth’ and ‘ABC of Bees’, which are now heading down to London to be on show with Nicholas Bowlby Gallery at The Autumn Affordable Art Fair in Battersea, October 21st-24th
I’ve used the beautiful nature-inspired wallpaper patterns of Hannah Nunn for the backgrounds, which help set the mood perfectly 🙂
Look out for Limited Edition Prints coming soon!! Hopefully in time for ‘Calm and Collected’, my solo exhibition of recent paintings at Northlight Artspace in Hebden Bridge…..
Calm and Collected
There is a definite change in the light and the colours up on the moors this week.
Things are starting to feel more autumnal as October marches on, towards…….
A solo exhibition in Hebden Bridge 🙂
Things are hotting up in my studio as I focus on getting a series of new paintings ready for my solo exhibition Calm and Collected at Northlight Artspace at the end of this month.
My Shelf Portrait paintings of collected possessions (not just books!) hold a reassuring stillness and calm. Conjuring up memories, they give us a chance to reflect upon what is important to us in our daily lives and histories.
In my bookshelf paintings I celebrate a love of books – their power, their magic, the joy and the heartbreak they can give us.
There will be plenty of new bookshelves to browse and a series of new domestic shelves (sneak peek below!).
There will be a preview evening on Thursday 28th October from 6pm to 8pm to which you are all invited.
The exhibition is then open on Friday 29th, Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st from 11am to 5pm.
The exhibition is then open on Friday 29th, Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st from 11am to 5pm.
I look forward to seeing you 🙂
Open Studios Open!!
The artists and makers of Hebden Bridge and the surrounding valleys welcome you into their studios this weekend 🙂
You can find out more about the individual artists on the Hebden Bridge Open Studios website
I will be in my studio at Northlight Studios alongside Kate Boyce Art; Toby Cotterill Jewellery; Juliet Blackman Ceramics; Alex Harwood; Sue Turner Ceramics; Red Mouse Designs; Rach Red Designs; Jane Revitt, Catherine Long and Don Myers…. where we will be looking forward to seeing you between 11am and 5pm 🙂
Thank you to The Yorkshire Post today for a lovely feature all about Open Studios.. You can read it here.
And also…
Here is a lovely short film about me and my work made by Sebastian Jennings….
A Lovely Busy Open Studios :-)
Open Studios July 2021
A big thank you to all the lovely, chatty people who visited, and a big WELCOME to all the new subscribers to Roo’s Mailing List!
It was so fabulous to have such friendly faces and enthusiastic book-related chats in my studio. The whole of Hebden Bridge was buzzing with visitors from near and far, and for once the weather was perfect too 🙂
AND… we get to do it all again in October!! The second Hebden Bridge Open Studios weekend of 2021 will run from October 1st-3rd with artists all over Hebden Bridge and the surrounding area opening their doors and welcoming visitors.
 I also had a successful weekend at the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea (not in person though, as it was the same weekend as Open Studios!) where Nicholas Bowlby Fine Art showed my newest paintings.
‘Architectural Heritage’ and ‘About Florence’ (above) have gone to their new homes…
My creative energies have been boosted by all this lovely enthusiasm and I am ploughing it in to lots of new work. Here I am painting in a background using Hannah Nunn‘s gorgeous Daisy Meadow wallpaper for inspiration 🙂
I am now busy working on series of paintings for ‘Calm and Collected’, my next solo exhibition at Northlight Studios at the end of October. Details to follow!…..
 There is a new greeting card in my shop for anyone who enjoys a dose of 1960’s/70’s nostalgia 🙂
Take yourself back to memories of these classic childhood comic and TV show annuals! I used to spend hours and hours poring over these annuals as a child. We had one shelf full, and I must have read them all a hundred times! Whizzer and Chips, The Beano and the Blue Peter Annual were my favourites. Which were yours?
Shop Whizzer and Chips Card Here
I’m sad to see the back of the lovely hot, sunny spell – though I have had to take regular dips in the river to stay cool!
I hope you enjoy these magical glimpses of evening sunshine in the woods yesterday…
Best Wishes,
Roo
What a Fabulous Weekend!
We are having such a great Open Studios weekend here in Hebden Bridge!
It is wonderful to have so many visitors and to be chatting with people 🙂 The whole town is buzzing!
We all had such a busy day yesterday – and studios are open again today from 11-5.
Insect Ways on Summer Days….
|
||||||||||||||
|
July Open Studios – we will find a way!!
I am very happy to tell you that this summer I will be taking part in Hebden Bridge Open Studios 🙂
There are two separate events in the planning stages, so if one has to be virtual then the other will be a real live visit!!
Watch this space for more information as it develops… and I would love it if you joined my list to receive news from Roo Waterhouse Art direct to you inbox, with first glances at new work and special offers 🙂
Big Sky
‘Big Sky’ – a bespoke Shelf Portrait painting for a well known publishing house. No prizes for guessing which of their authors it was commissioned for!!
I felt very honoured to get to paint for one of my favourite authors 🙂
Helena Whitbread’s Blog
A lovely write up in Helena Whitbread’s Blog about how the ‘I Know My Own Heart’ bespoke Shelf Portrait painting came about….
A detail from the painting is available as a ‘Gentleman Jack’ A4 prints, notebooks, greeting cards and mugs, all available from my Etsy Shop: RooWaterhouseArt