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28 December 2022Sign up for my new newsletter All you have to do is email me at: hello@claireleggett.co.uk and I’ll add you to the list. You’ll be in the draw to win a mini original painting on Jan 9th 2023
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Giclee Print sale
23 December 2022I am offering up for pre-order these five Giclee prints taken from paintings in my sketchbook. What is a Giclee print I hear you ask? It’s a fine art digital print but at archive quality (no fading) and it’s printed onto a paper (German Etching) that is very similar to the watercolour paper that I […]
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Hebrides painting work
20 December 2022As the year draws to an end, I’ve found it has galvanised me to complete the body of paintings I have been working on ever since we visited The Hebrides back in April. I have been steadily working away filling a sketchbook and creating ideas for future pattern designs in-between all the other things I […]
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Finding the patterns
19 September 2022As a painter who also designs surface patterns for fabrics etc, I am always instinctively drawn to find the pattern in landcapes. I’ve recently re-learnt the benefit of repeat drawing and painting the same scene using a variety of medias. In doing this the mind, eye and hand join forces to develop a language of […]
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Outer Hebrides painting work in progress
8 September 2022I have been working my way through the wealth of inspiration I found since returning from our 3 week adventure around some of the islands of the Outer Hebrides. There was so much colour, texture and mood to capture. I did try to work on site but found either the rain or the cramped cab […]
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10 years
1 September 2022It hardly seems it but it’s been 10 years since I officially started my self-employed adventure. I finished studying in 1989 with a degree in Fashion & Textiles; specialising in Printed Textiles. But that career never really got off the ground before I found myself looking at something steadier and as I love kids, that […]
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Berlin 2022
We are just back from a week pounding the streets of Berlin – it was hot; 34 degrees one day! That did not deter us from getting out and about every day for full days of sightseeing. There was inevitably lots of history to absorb at all manner of cultural points. The Museum of German […]
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Birmingham Open Studios 2022
12 August 2022In a few weeks time I’ll have been self employed for 10 whole years – hard to believe really. So I’m joining in with this years Birmingham Open Studios. Please click the link for more details of where to find me etc – I’d love to see you… and there’ll be cakes 🙂
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Stitches
25 July 2022I spent the weekend in Mum & Dads Norfolk garden soaking up some sun and live inspiration for some stitchery. My dad was pleased as punch that this giant hollyhock self-seeded and grew this big in just this year. And I enjoyed translating it into embroidery.
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