Winter Wonderland

Through the Wardrobe | By Leanne Broadbent

Here is one of my latest images which I thought was very appropriate for this festive season. It is based on the classic tale by C.S. Lewis 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe'. The scene is set when the children emerge from the wardrobe and into Narnia!

 

I would also just like to add that I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2012!

East Coast Open

I am pleased to announce that both of my art works have been selected for the East Coast Open Exhibition at Scarborough Art Gallery.

 It's Not Just another Wardrobe? | By Leanne Broadbent

The Exhibition runs from Saturday 17^th December till Sunday 12^th February 2012 (Open: Tue - Sun, 10am – 5pm) (Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year’s Day) and has been described as becoming “one of the most popular Opens in the region”. Art works were selected by a panel of judges including: Andy Dalton, from the Ryedale Folk Museum; Stuart Cameron, from Crescent Arts; Sally Taylor, a highly successful Artist and Jan Bee Brown, a Freelance Curator working with Scarborough Museums Trust.

For the Love of Turkish Delights | By Leanne Broadbent

The theme of this year’s exhibition is Pleasure, Poetry, People and Place and previews on this Saturday (17^th Dec), I will hope to see you there!   

Selection Box 2011

Only two weeks left to visit my current group exhibition 'Selection Box 2011' for beautiful Christmas gifts all made in Yorkshire!

New Limited Edition Prints

New Limited Edition Prints are now available on my online store and would make a unique Christmas gift for a special someone!

Preview Success For Selection Box Exhibition

I have just arrived home from the Back o' the Shop Preview event in Terrington for the Selection Box 2011 exhibition. It was a very busy and successful event and I would just like to thank everyone who came to view it and if you missed out the exhibition continues until Saturday 24th December!

I am also pleased to be featured in Malton's Gazette and Herald  in an article about my work and being included in the group exhibition.

Showing at Back O' the Shop Gallery

Lucy Explores Snow | Leanne Broadbent | 2011

From Sunday 6th November this new art work amongst others will be exhibited in 'Selection Box 2011' at the Back o' the Shop Gallery (Terrington).

It was inspired by C. S. Lewis's fantasy fiction 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' one of my all-time favourite children's books and is a scene when Lucy first steps outside of the wardrobe into the land of Narnia and finds trees and snow where there should only be the back of  the wardrobe!

Other pieces in this exhibition are also inspired by this story including 'Edmund' and 'Lucy's Invitation to Tea'.

Meanwhile if you cannot make it to see this exhibition a selection of my art works will also be on display from November at Gallery Forty-Nine (Bridlington) included in an affordable art section in time for Christmas purchases! 

Selection Box Preview Event

Please feel free to come and visit me and the other exhibiting artists at the Selection Box preview event in two weeks time!

Up Coming Exhibition

Yesterday I took some of my new art works to Back o' the Shop Gallery in Terrington for the upcoming exhibition 'Selection Box 2011'.

I'm really looking forward to the preview and exhibition which runs from Sunday 6th November until Saturday 24th December!

Thank You for Open Studio Support

Thank you to everyone who supported me and came to visit over the Reveal Open Studios event. It was a big success.

However, I have no time to put my feet up! I am now preparing for my next exhibiton - Selection Box 2011, more details to follow soon

Mad Hatter's Tea Party!

Join the mad hatter's tea party this weekend at my temporary studio as part of the Reveal Open Studios event. 

I will be available to talk from 10am - 5pm on Saturday and Sunday and will demonstrate how I produce my mixed media art works alongside many of my new art works and prints that have never been exhibited before.

 There will also be more homemade Chocolate Caramel Slices so don't miss out on the final weekend!

Little Peek

Here is a little peek of my temporary studio in the mist of chaos!

With some help from my gallant boyfriend the pictures are now hanging but I still need to add the finishing touches, including baking some tasty treats ready for Saturdays opening!

A Quote from Queen Victoria

"Beware of Artists - they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous."

Queen Victoria

I love this quote and I had to share it with every one, I found it in the new Reveal catalogue along with some other really good reads.

Reveal Open Studios 2011

No pictures yet but I will be at my temporary venue on:

Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd October & Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th October

For more Information...

Also the new look Reveal Catalogue is now available. For £3.00 plus P&P you get 100 full colour pages containing information about the artists involved, workshops available and insightful cultural articles. It is a year round reference to the region's creativity.

Revealing Sneaky Peek...

I am now deep in the process of getting ready for my next big event Reveal Open Studio's, and I am working hard to make my temporary studio space even more exciting than last year!

This is last years venue and in the upcoming weeks I will be making a picture diary of my progress, but until then have a sneaky peek at my online page and have a look at the other artists selected for this years event!

Auction for Charity

The charity event held on Friday night for the Royal Mission of Deep Sea Fishermen was a huge success with the charity making around £900.00 for the cause.

My Limited Edition Print 'Tom' fetched a very good price as well and I am very pleased that the money will now go to such a worthy cause.

Donation to The Royal Mission of Deep Sea Fishermen

Today I donated a Limited Edition Print to The Royal Mission of Deep Sea Fishermen to be auctioned in an event held on Friday 19^th August at the Bridlington Rugby Union Football Club at 8pm.

I was very happy to donate to this charity as my grandfather was a fisherman and part of the lifeboat crew. The picture itself named ‘Tom’ was influenced by Charles Kingsley’s novel ‘The Waterbabies’ and includes a picture I sketched of my grandfather as a child making it a poignant picture to produce, so therefore I thought of no better image to donate to this particular charity.

The Mission was founded in 1881 to combat dreadful conditions being suffered by the fishermen in the North Sea. It is the only charity that is dedicated to fishermen and has changed alongside the fishing industry but throughout the years of change, it has continued to work with fishermen and their families.

In recent years it has moved away from providing quayside accommodation for fishermen and now its main role is one of welfare. The mission, as a Christian organisation, look after all fishermen irrespective of their race or belief.

Mike Smith Organiser Said:

“Like so many charities we receive no help from Government and are reliant on the generosity of the general public. That is why events like this are important, not only to raise money but to make people aware of the Missions existence.”

I just hope the event is a big success and the Limited Edition Print raises them some money to go to such a worthy charity. Tickets are £7.50 and include food, 50’s& 60’s music with musician Steve Taylor, and the auction all in aid of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.

For further information about the event call Mike Smith on: 07824 565868

And to see the image 'Tom' visit: www.leannebroadbent.com

Malice in Wonderland Exhibition Ends

The Malice in Wonderland Exhibition has now ended, however all is not bad news! This exhibition was so successful that Rhea Sherriff Hammond and I are collaborating together to produce a new exhibition in the future. So watch out for that!

And I am now going to be working towards my next project - more details coming soon!

You're Late; You're Late for a Very Important Date!

The Malice in Wonderland Exhibition at Sewerby Hall is getting great reviews but sadly it will end on Sunday 31st July - that is less than two weeks!

So if you haven't already seen it, go and have a look before it's too late!

New Products Available

New products are now available from my online store. Browse now at:  http://www.leannebroadbent.com/store

Thank You

A big thank you to the Country Wise team and thank you to every one else for your kind messages and support. If you missed the Country Wise programme you can still catch up here.

The programme also includes the Yorkshire Belle, Bridlington's award winning fish and chip shop, the Three Brothers fishing Cobble, and views of Flamborough and Bempton Cliffs!

ITV Country Wise interview

Tune into ITV's Country Wise tonight at 8pm to see me in an interview with the main presenter Paul Heiney.

Sir Peter Blake

Yesterday I attended the preview of   one of my favourite artists of all time - Sir Peter Blake (Born 1932) familiarly known as the Grandfather of British Pop and legend to all young aspiring artists. I was lucky enough to attend a lecture given by him when I was at university and afterwards he dutifully sat whilst an enormous queue of students waited for his signature.

Viewing his works again I became deeply inspired and found parallels with my own work. Satirically mocking my need to be autonomous with my work I find that he as well as David Hockney (another favourite) both created works themed on children’s literature, Peter Blake being inspired by Lewis Carroll (early 1970’s) and David Hockney by the Brothers Grimm fairy tales(1969). However my work is substantially different to their own take on the works but I somehow feel my creations to date are like a rite of passage for the young creative mind.

This edges me to go forth and create so that one day perhaps a young artist will esteem me in such a godlike fashion! 

Preview for Malice in Wonderland

We had an excellent turn out to the Malice in Wonderland preview. Thank you to every one that visited us. The exhibition is now on until Sunday 31st July 2011 in the West Wing Gallery at Sewerby Hall - it is worth a visit.

Malice in Wonderland - Yorkshire Post

Rhea Sherriff-Hammond and I will be featuring in Yorkshire Post on Friday 3rd June
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/around-yorkshire/local-stories/wonderland_with_a_twist_as_pair_take_grimm_look_at_life_1_3443782

Join us at Sewerby Hall and Gardens for what promises to be a fantastic exhibition

Press visit for Malice in Wonderland Exhibition

I have just spent the morning at Sewerby Hall with Rhea Sherriff-Hammond.

We handed over our work so that it can be made ready for the exhibition 'Malice in Wonderland' and whilst we were there a photographer took some pictures for tomorrows edition of the Yorkshire Post.

We are now looking forward to our preview event on Saturday 11th June.

New Images

I have been working very hard to get images ready for my next exhibition 'Malice in Wonderland' and I have now added some new images to my website. Take a look at:

http://www.leannebroadbent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=4

Country Wise

I have just had a fantastic morning filming for ITV's Country Wise. The presenter Paul Heiney and the crew are so nice it was a pleasure to work with them.

More news when the program will go on TV later...

New Website

My new website is up and running. Please keep returning as it will be regularly updated with new images and events.

The website also has a new feature of an online shop, supplying Limited Edition Prints, Greetings Cards and Bookmarks.

Check it out at: www.leannebroadbent.com

Malice in Wonderland Exhibition

I met with Rhea Sherriff-Hammond today to collect our posters and invitations for the Malice in Wonderland preview event – the exhibition is getting close now!

Studio Day

The weather was very fine today and the tide was out so I spent a studio day on the beach. Here is a page from my sketch book; I'm going to use these images I have collected in my next picture. Hopefully it will be finished in time for the big show in June!



Meet Gretel!

Gretel

Mixed Media on Canvas

Here is a sneeky peek at Gretel which will be appearing in the Malice in Wonderland Exhibition in the West Wing Gallery at Sewerby Hall and Gardens.

“Creativity takes Courage” Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

When Henri Matisse spoke these words I am sure they came from the heart. He would of personally felt this when he exhibited Woman with a Hat (1905) at the Salon gaining the comment “A pot of paint has been flung in the face of the public” from the critic Camille Mauclair. Comments like that can crush an artist in one little sweep and make us question ourselves  ‘What on earth are we doing?’, which is not good for creativity. Nevertheless, some will say we deserve it for exhibiting it in the first place!

Creating art work is a deeply personal act and I sometimes feel like a piece of me is extracted when I create an image, so when you produce an exhibition of new work it is really like putting your heart on your sleeve for the audience to make of it what they will (as you may be able to tell I am suffering from Pre-exhibition/preview jitters).  

However, at the end of the day these comments sting and all an artist really wishes for is recognition but when that is achieved – we just want to rebel!  

Malice in Wonderland

I am very busy preparing work for the Malice in Wonderland exhibition at Sewerby Hall and Gardens (Saturday 11th June - Sunday 31st July) alongside artist Rhea Sherriff-Hammond.

It is shaping up to be a good one!

For more info check out: maliceinwonderlandexhibition.blogspot.com

Tiny Steps

These are my first steps into the mystery world of blogging!

I am actually feeling nervous because unlike other ways to connect with an audience such as a website (www.leannebroadbent.com) this is going to be personal. It is a true look into my creative thinking – a very scary thought!