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Stitchwort
Devon
Bank
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About the artist
My name is
Christine Lovelock and I live in North Devon. I paint mainly in pastels
and acrylics, but sometimes also in oils or watercolour.
I paint mainly from memory, trying to recapture
certain moments of intense experience, usually connected with the
weather and the changing light in the landscapes that I know best.
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Photo taken July 2009
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My mudrock walking boots,
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The boots on the
left were made for my 2007 Exhibition, "A walk round Devon". Most of my
paintings grow out of walks that I do in the countryside, which is the
source of my inspiration
Before becoming an artist, I was a writer, and before that an
athlete. The photo on the
left was taken, with
two of my children, a few weeks before I won the World Veteran`s
10K Road Race Championships. I competed at distances from 800 metres to
10 miles, up to international standard, and was South Western champion
many times, under my then married name of Curthoys. I have three
children, David, Jane and Ben, now adults, and one grandchild.
For anyone who is interested, I was also - while an athlete - assistant
to my father James Lovelock back in the 70's and 80's, and I appeared
briefly during the recent BBC4
Programme
Beautiful
Minds
that focused on him
and his work.
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With two
of
my children when they were young
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In
Wales, with David Bellamy (artist) and Professor David Bellamy
(botanist)
In February 2005 I
launched a new
website called www.artistsagainstwindfarms.com.
It is updated regularly and shows work by artists from all over Britain
and the rest of the world. Artists who have contributed include Bernard
Dunstan RA, Diana Armfield RA, Roger Cecil, David Bellamy, Jenny Keal,
Phil Epp (USA) Grahame Sydney (NZ) Keith Stelling (Canada) Marion
Chapman (Australia) and
many others.
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Castle Rock, near Lynton
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Saturday July 17th:
Come
to
the Green Man
Festival in Pilton!
I
will
be in the Rotary
Gardens, with cards and some work in progress for the August Exhibition. |
Upcoming
Exhibition
I
will
be
having
a
joint Exhibition at Pilton Church Hall, on the
weekend of August 21st- 22nd, sharing
the venue with Pilton artist Tim Saunders (see link on left)
I
am still working on my long term project - all will be revealed one day
in the future!
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Trees on
the road
between
Okehampton
and Jacobstowe
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Past Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions at the
Plough Arts Centre, the Queen`s Theatre, the Flying Fish Gallery,
Beaford Arts Touring Scheme, etc.
Many Group Exhibitions at
locations such as RHS Rosemoor, North Devon
Hospital, Salar Gallery, etc.
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Links to artists
Brenda
Jet - Art Trek originator, and my collaborator on the 2006
Art
Bid Auction
Julie
Wilson - my second cousin, who also likes painting trees
Tim Saunders - North Devon artist
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would like
to thank the
Second Chance Trust and Face2Face IT for help with the setting up of
this website. I would also like to thank the Vivian Moon Foundation and
Prime for their help as well. |
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