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May 14-29: Dorset Art Weeks. The following professionals participate:
Liz Wright, 8 Higher Lane, Portland
L. Paul Matthews, 23 High Street, Puddletown
Pearl Gatehouse, Melbury Road, Yetminster
Miranda Pender, Priestlands Lane, Sherborne
Sally Pinhey, West Stafford Village Hall

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2022-05-04

Hi FGO twitter, i'm here to share a cool fun fact;

The background of Mary Anning's 3rd stage is a reference to one of the first ever pieces of paleo art ever made! It's called 'Duria Antiquoir, A More Ancient Dorset' and was based on findings made BY Mary Anning herself!

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2022-04-28

Happy Easter! If you’re in the Dorset area this weekend, why not check out my show at in between Bridport and Lyme Regis.

‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ 76x122cm

Open Wednesday-Saturday 10am-5pm until 23rd April!

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2022-04-15

Due to all the bad weather coming up over the next few days, I wanted to share something with a little colour to brighten up your social timelines 😊

poppy season in

Photo taken with
📸 5DIV
⭕️lens 16,35mm iso 100
⬛️ 0.9 hard grad

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2022-04-05

**DORSETMUMS £6 TICKET OFFER** If you would like to see the children's show Jabala and the Jinn at on Tue 12 Apr then you can use discount code MAGIC6 to receive a special price! Tickets are limited and can be purchased here: https://t.co/6spCILW1ql

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2022-04-01

Today's post is "Silent Hunter" by Kananginak Pootoogook (1935 – 2010), from 2002

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2022-03-29

Painting number 891 of my travels.

‘Rough Sea at Portland Bill’
Oil on Canvas Panel
16”x16” framed (40cm x 40cm)
22/3/22

Click the link for eBay listing:

https://t.co/VEzTAQIu0W

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2022-03-23

Today's post is "Full Pouch" by Kakulu Saggiaktok (1940-2020), from 2002

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2022-03-21

Love painting the coast...

Painting number 890 of my travels,

‘Wild Coast’
Oil on Canvas Panel
16”x12” (45cm x 40cm) framed.
20/3/22

Click the link for eBay listing:

https://t.co/UNw2nDlUGn

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2022-03-21

“We raise the watch-word liberty;
We will, we will, we will be free!”

The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of Dorset rural labourers who were arrested for swearing a secret oath as members of a friendly society, were sentenced to penal transportation to Australia 1834.

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2022-03-18

Winspit Cove in Dorset is my favourite place for storms and landscape ruggedness...
Oil painting number 887.

Light through the Storm
Oil on Canvas Panel
18”x18” framed.
16/3/22

Click the link for eBay listing:

https://t.co/cM08zqbfts

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2022-03-17

In 1980, the wood engraver Philip Hagreen (1890-1988) offering us some anecdotes about life in 1921, on manners, Dorset, cheese, and on Noblesse oblige.

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2022-03-09

Happy Sunday! 😀 And you winner this week was.....?
Please RT & comment to vote! 👇

1. Sunrise over Burrator
2. Pastel dusk at Kingswear
3. Sunset at Windy Post Cross
4. Storm on The Cobb

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2022-03-06

Morning! Back to a bit of B&W for you today, with the power of at The Cobb at Lyme Regis.....



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2022-03-02

We asked children at local primary schools to create pictures based on the theme of nature. These are just a few of the magnificent ones on display in Shaftesbury.
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We very much like the bee’s nest made of bubble wrap 🐝
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2022-02-22

Today's post is "Owls Enveloped" by Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013), from 2004

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2022-02-20