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Derby Book Fair Tomorrow!!
If you are in or around Derby tomorrow, Saturday 18th November, do pop in to The Derby Book Fair at The Wardwick to see my latest prints, cards, mugs and tote bags.
Get all your bookish gifts sorted!
I’ll be there from 10.30am to 5pm. I promise to have an impressive array of tinsel and baubles to bring some festive cheer!!
Christmas Special!
To accompany my new What The Dickens! Limited Edition print, I have produced a small batch of What The Dickens! mugs and tote bags.
Currently only available in person – so come and find me at Derby Book Fair or Northlight Winter Fair!!
Prepare yourself for an atmospheric Dickensian Christmas this year!
Currently only available in person – so come and find me at Derby Book Fair or Northlight Winter Fair!!
Prepare yourself for an atmospheric Dickensian Christmas this year!
Getting Christmas sorted early….
To encourage you to get Christmas sorted early, I am offering you an exclusive 10% off throughout my website shop from now until the 4th December 
Simply add the code: EARLYXMAS23 to your basket…
What The Dickens!
The leaves are turning here in the lovely Colden Valley. It is such a blessing to be able to start my day with a stroll through the beech, oak and Scots Pines 🙂
While browsing for a link to put with this photo, I came across a blog about the hidden gems of this lovely valley. Have a look here. But don’t tell everyone how lovely it is!!
New Limited Edition Print:
What The Dickens!
Now available in an edition of 100 Fine Art Giclee Prints
I love the warm tones of the worn leather and the way the gilded text shines out of the spines on these Dickens books.
Prepare yourself for an atmospheric Dickensian Christmas this year!
(remember to use the code EARLYXMAS23 for 10% off!)
A date for your diaries:
Northlight Winter Fair
Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December
10.30am – 5pm
with a dozen or more of your favourite Northlight Artists, along with refreshments, raffle and an art activity 🙂
Yes, there will be MULLED WINE!
The Winter Fair is just one of the arty things happening all around Hebden bridge as part of the
Hebden Bridge Open Studios Winter Weekend
Follow @northlight_studio @hbopenstudios and #hebdenmakeschristmas on instagram for more news from all those taking part…
Getting Christmas sorted early….
To encourage you to get Christmas sorted early, I am offering you an exclusive 10% off throughout my website shop from now until the 4th December 🙂
Simply add the code: EARLYXMAS23 to your basket…
With Best Wishes
Roo
A Round Up of Recent releases…
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Spine[less]: Rebinding The Portico
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I’d like to tell you about an exciting project I am working on in collaboration with the Portico Library in Manchester. When I first walked into the Portico Library I was immediately drawn to the most damaged books: the ‘spineless’ books in the collection, with their scuffed
leather tones and fascinating array of under-papers, held together with cotton ribbons. These hidden under-layers, of the centenarian books standing exposed along the shelves: hand-written accounts ledgers; scraps from newspapers; advertisement flyers; lines of script; all assumed by the original book-binders to never see the light of day. Looking along the library shelves we get a glimpse into hidden histories…
I had gone in to the library originally to see if they might like to stock some of my art cards in their shop, but they were SO enthusiastic about my work and I was SO enthusiastic about their books, that our ideas grew into a painting project 🙂
This collaboration celebrates the importance of the Portico library as a home of
literature, history and learning.
In September this year the paintings will be displayed in the library, and on September 14th there will be an evening event ‘Spine[less]: Rebinding The Portico’ where there will be presentations from the Portico’s Collections Manager and from myself 🙂
You can book tickets for the event here: https://www.theportico.org.uk/event-calendar/spineless-rebinding-event
From Thursday 12th October 2023 – Friday 26th January 2024, the paintings will be part of an exhibition in the library promoting the Portico’s Adopt-a-Book scheme, highlighting the importance of preservation, restoration and the need for rebinding books. Members of the library are invited to Adopt-a-Book and pay for it to be rebound: to be brought back into use: to be reborn! The finished paintings will be for sale,with 25% of the sale price going to the Portico Library 🙂
In progress in my studio at the moment are the two Portico paintings: one of a shelfful of the exposed ‘spineless’ books, and another of a collection of ornately bound books from the Portico’s collection. It is such a joy to delicately translate these ornate and battered spines into paint across the canvas, relishing all the little handwritten details and worn edges.
I can’t wait to unveil the finished, framed paintings at the library when we set up the display next week!!
You can find out more about the Portico Library and their Adopt-a-Book scheme:
https://www.theportico.org.uk/
https://www.theportico.org.uk/adoptabook
…and more about me here: https://roowaterhouse.art/about-roo-waterhouse-shelf-portrait-artist/
Open Studios Tomorrow!! Online shop closed 10th July to 4th August…
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Open Studios with New Science Fiction!
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Seaside Inspiration and Vintage Penguin Print :-)
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Busy Busy Busy!
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(Affordable Art Fair Battersea) Spring is Here!
This week I have been busy packing up paintings to send down south for the Battersea Spring Affordable Art Fair
So I thought I’d give you a little Private View of what will be on display at the Fair with Nicholas Bowlby Gallery :
‘By The River’ 2022 oil on canvas 30x40cm
‘Pathways’ 2022 oil on canvas 30x 40cm
‘What The Dickens’ 2022 oil on canvas 40x40cm
‘Look At This’ 2022 oil on canvas40x40cm
‘The Edge of Time’ 2022 oil on canvas 30x40cm
You’ll find these paintings of mine on Stand A5 at the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park from Thursday March 9th to Sunday March 12th
You can grab yourself FREE TICKETS by using the code NIB-GC at this link:
Best Wishes,
Roo