NYOS and Edible Art 2014!

I had a great first weekend for the North Yorkshire OpenStudios 2014 event based at Ga11ery Eleven in Filey! During the first day visitors enjoyed my edible art cupcakes! This was something I piloted back in 2010 at Reveal – Hull and East Riding Open Studios and I thought it time again to revive it and create cupcakes using my latest work (Don’t worry I baked fresh cupcakes!).

I thought the Ka-Pow image worked really well as a cupcake!

 Cupcakes from NYOS 2014 featuring four different designs!

Original Cupcakes featuring 'Alice' design for Reveal - Hull and East Yorkshire Open Studios 2010

 

 

Unfortunately this weekend 14^th /15^th June there will be no cupcakes… however you will still be able to view my new artwork, products and I will still be here demonstrating my work and talking to all the lovely visitors! I may get some sweets if that will tempt you!

 

New Artwork

 

Products

 

 Work in progress

 

 

 Work in progress

 

I hope to see you there!

Ga11ery Eleven

11 Murray Street

Filey

Urban Wonderland

My latest artwork has now been packed and is ready to go down to London! The artwork was created especially for the Guerilla Galleries for their April exhibition titled ‘Urban Life’.

Part of the brief stated: “this show hopes to present an honest look at life, love and survival in an urban environment…”

As my work is mainly inspired by children’s stories and childhood memories, I approached the artwork from this perspective. As all children adapt to their environment and view the world in wonderment I titled the piece ‘Urban Wonderland’. Therefore, it is a nonsensical mix of reality in an urban environment contrasted with child’s play, incorporating characters from stories such as ‘The Gruffalo’ and a magical theme from ‘Harry Potter’ alongside an urban backdrop, including the natural world living in the cities and other issues such as fly tipping.

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson & Alex Scheffler

However, look a little closer into the image and you may find other fun elements to make you smile, so why not take a closer look! 

 

Urban Wonderland | Mixed Media on Canvas | Leanne Broadbent | March 2014 |

A new outlet!

I am very pleased to announce that I have a new stockist in Bridlington!

My new stockist ‘Behind the Times’ is a fantastic quirky shop situated in the middle of Bridge Street in Bridlington. The owner is a very lovely lady who makes most of the products herself. The shop obtains the ethos of embracing the beautiful vintage delights balanced with an array of beautiful handmade products.

 

Also to stock this fantastic shop is the lovely Lauren fromLauren Cherice Designs. Lauren takes her inspirations mainly from our indigenous wildlife and creates a beautiful home ware collection.

Now my whole gifting range can be seen too in this delightful shop, including greetings cards, eco bags, make-up bags, pocket mirrors and my newest design my coin purses. All my designs are created from adapting my original artwork which is mostly inspired by Children’s literature.

 

Why not pop along and see for yourself!

Behind the Times
10 Bridge Street
Bridlington
East Yorkshire

https://www.facebook.com/behindthetimesbridlington

You-tube Video!

Do you want to see my first ever you-tube video?

The Guerilla Galleries team asked a few weeks ago if I would do them a 3 min video talking about myself and my work...

I had lots of help from a very special person in my life to do this, so I am very grateful (thank you)!

Let me know what you think!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmexerH6Pvs&feature=youtu.be

New ArtWork 2014

Here is my latest artwork slightly inspired by this classic 1960’s American children’s book…

‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak

I’ve always loved this story and have felt very inspired by it of late! If you are unfamiliar with the story, it follows the adventure of a little boy called Max, who one evening is very naughty after he begins playing in his wolf suit. His mother sends Max to his bed, but his bedroom turns into a forest and a boat appears taking him on a long journey to an island of wild things (it is a fantastic story so have a read if you haven’t already)!

Diverted to Where the Wild Things Are! | Mixed Media on Canvas | Leanne Broadbent | 2014 |

My picture is titled ‘Diverted to Where the Wild Things Are’ and as always I have added my own twist of ghost like creatures looming in the background and also includes traffic cones and a road sign which I particularly love.

What do you think? I hope you like it! ;)

My New Product 2014!

I am very pleased to announce the arrival of my latest creation – My beautiful Canvas Coin Purses!!!

 

This delightful Canvas Coin Purse displays a screen printed design of my original image ‘Spring Awakening’ printed on one side of the bag.

As there are so many different colours in the world, which indicate so many different moods, feelings and expressions, I always find it difficult to decide when choosing just one for a product! I actually kind of love most colours to be honest but have favourites depending on if I am wearing it, if it is for a room in the home, if it is to depict a mood in a particular artwork, etc. So it actually takes me a long time to choose when reflecting on all of that! So… after asking the question ‘What is your favourite colour?’ to a vast group of people I found the most popular answer to be ‘Purple’ or tones of Purple so the colour of the image is Purple on a natural cream canvas bag with a white zip.

 This environmentally friendly 'Bags of Ethics' product was manufactured in a Fair-trade Accredited, Ethically Audited, Carbon Neutral Factory. The reusable Make-up Bag is produced with eco-friendly inks on cotton.

The size of the Coin Purse is 12cm (w) x 9cm (h) (Approximate).

I love this new product as it fits in so well with other products within my range! I hope you love the product as much as I do!

This product can be purchased online @ Etsy!

New Online Outlet!

Alongside my website I now also have an additional place where you can purchase a small range of my Limited Edition Prints and Products!

It’s Etsy!!!

 

So if you are looking for a special Birthday Present, Mothers Day Gift or a Valentines treat then why not take a peak you may find something you’ll love!

www.leannebroadbent.com

http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeanneBroadbentArt?ref=shop_sugg

My Latest Artwork!

 

Who Ya Gonna Call for Aid Against the Radioactive Revolution! | Mixed Media on Canvas | Leanne Broadbent | 2013

New News for 2014!

Already this year I have been involved in the exhibition ‘Escape to Happiness’ at Guerilla Galleries – London! A small selection of the artwork is still available to view or buy online at: http://guerilla.recondo.co.uk/tag/leanne-broadbent/

I am now working on a brand-new design to launch this year! I’m still in the design stages working on colour but it should be completed soon (you’ll be first to view the product when it is finished!).

I also found out just before Christmas that I had been selected again for the North Yorkshire Open Studios 2014 event in June – more details will be shared closer to the event!  

But for now I would like to wish all of my followers a Happy New Year and best wishes to you all ;)

Merry Christmas 2013

I would like to dedicate this week’s blog to my Family, Friends and Supporters! I want to say to a really big thank you for all of your support over the years because without it I would not be able to carry on doing what I do and it means the world to me!  

In the New Year I have lots of exciting projects already on the go including the launch of a new product already in its design stages! I am also included in Guerilla Galleries New Year exhibition ‘Escape to Happiness’ from 2^nd -3^rd January @ The Daniel Libeskind Space Islington, London beginning the New Year with a smile!!!

I have lots, lots more on in 2014… but for now thank you again and I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Professional Highlights of 2013!

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Roller Gallery

I am very happy to announce that for the month of December 2013 I will be the feature artist at the Roller Gallery. The Roller Gallery is an online space which features contemporary work from new and up and coming artists! Therefore I was very honoured to be able to exhibit my work on their website.

“The Roller Gallery began in 2013 and is operated by a UK based group of curators as an on-line exhibition space for contemporary visual art. We are a non-profit gallery and do not sell work.

Through a program of temporary on-line exhibitions, our overarching goals are to promote the visual arts; to bring new contemporary art to as many viewers as possible and to enable emerging and established artists to show their work to a wider audience.”

You can find Roller Gallery and my featured work at: www.rollergallery.co.uk 

Meet Jeff!!!

I have had a lot of requests for pictures of our new little family friend! He is a rescued boy, his name is Jeff and we only got him yesterday afternoon! Jeff is a cross Basset Hound/ Beagle already very mischievous but very kind and loving with it.

I have managed to calm him down after lovely long walk on the beach today and he is now snoring next to me so I thought I’d post these pictures!

I hope you like them; we love him so much already! I'm sure you'll be seeing him feature in many future artworks.

 

 

My New design for my Eco Cotton bags!

I had a very busy week last week but the highlights include…

My latest design for my Eco Cotton Bags arrived! It is taken from my original image ‘Quicker by Rail – to Emerald City’ inspired by the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! I choose a vivid green to for the cotton bag to make the design look vibrant whilst also tying in the theme of the Emerald City!

 I launched them at the Dickensian Festival in the Bridlington Old Town on Sunday 24^thNovember and was a great success! Here are a couple of images from my stall at the festival!

 

If you come and visit me at my next events leading up to Christmas you will find many special offers- whilst stocks last!!!

 

A sad little tail that has a happy ending!

In August I donated a picture to the Rain Rescue Animal Shelter Charity (www.facebook.com/RainRescue) for an auction/ exhibition called ‘Don’t Judge a Dog by its Collar!’ to take place in October. The picture I donated was an original picture that I had created of our dog Timmy for my 2012 Christmas Card. The giving of this picture became particularly poignant as our old boy died just before the auction so I really wanted the picture to find a good home as it meant so much to me and I was happy that the money raised would go to help other rescued dogs as Timmy himself was a little rescued boy.

The auction ended on Sunday 20^th October and in the end raised the great amount of £2541.00 with all the money going directly to Rain Rescue in Sheffield.

We believe in giving rescue dogs a home and so now that a little time has passed we began to search for a new little sole to save! The little dog had to be just right for us and vice versa! Eventually we found one we wanted to meet in a rescue centre a little bit closer to our home than Sheffield!

We instantly fell in love with him. So it is with great pleasure that I tell you that we will be collecting our new little friend up in less than a week’s time!

This Years Christmas Fairs 2013

 

More details of all these events and festivals will be posted near the time so keep checking in to find out more info!

You've seen it First!

Here is a sneaky peak at my latest picture titled ‘Everyone wants to be a Hero?’

 Everyone wants to be a Hero? | Mixed Media on Canvas | Leanne Broadbent | 2013 |

I hope you all like it!  

The Big Draw 2013

On Saturday 12^th October I was at Beverley Art Gallery leading this years ‘The Big Draw’ 2013. We had a fantastic time with lots of fun, lots of laughs and most importantly lots of drawing!

The participants observed from a life model sat amongst a still life. The model was excellent and sat for long poses for an hour at a time. Between 10am – 3pm, people dropped by with some staying for one sketch and others stayed to create many more!

We had students, children and adults visiting all coming together to create and draw! Here are some pictures from the day!