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What is the most common thing people say when they fancy a painting but aren't sure for whatever reason; I don't know where to hang it or I haven't got room! Sometimes it's hard to visualise so here a couple of examples from this gallery put into rooms to give a better idea of how it might look. Both are for sale.

In the Shallows
40 x 40cm
Acrylic on canvas framed in white
£300

On the Rocks
80 x 80cm
Acrylic on canvas framed in black
£700

Today's lovely surprise was that someone came to visit from home and bought a painting that isn't actually here! She will collect from me next week - yay!

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#Dreams - little windows most often into our unconscious mind! I bought this little notebook a couple of years ago and it is full of jottings about art and life and a course I did then. The painting you can see emanated from a desire to be by the sea.

In the Shallows
40 x 40cm
Acrylic on canvas and framed in white
£300

Link in bio to my website for this and others in the Spring Tide series 😃
You can see how it might look on a wall too or visit the #reddoorrye this week and see for yourself.

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A day in the gallery or in the life of this artist. Sweep floor, put the board and card carousel out, make tea - most important! Stand, sit, read a bit, check emails, talk to visitors, sell some cards ... enjoy the longer chats and interest from visitors and repeat ... One person just now lives quite near me in fact. Most people are just wandering around the town, sun out but still cool. Warmer here in the gallery - here are a couple of images for you to see.
I wonder if the article in the #ryeobserver will help with publicity?? How much influence does the local.press have now compared to national or social media?
What do you think?
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Busy in the market = quiet in the gallery this morning! So I am off to the Bosphorus in my mind - just getting into this book in between visitors. What is your favourite for an easy read?
#quietmoments #favouritebooks
#favouritebook #travelinyourmind #lovestorys
#reddoorgallery #artistsjourney
#dayinthelife #artistsday
#elainealmondart
#abstractionism #inkwork
#seascapepainting
#artforsalebyartist
#lucyfoley #lastletterfromistanbul
#readingforpleasure

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How are you spending during the first week of lockdown easing? Mine is on the other side of this Red Door! Yesterday setting up and today open ... quite a few visitors, some bizarre enquiries - like do the ditches on the way into Rye from Romney Marsh flood in winter??? Who knows - I have never seen it flooded I could honestly say! Bit of a red herring dare I say ... What I felt was really pleased to see how the gallery looks - quite spacious and peaceful but some dynamic work. You can see a few images - hoping for more visitors as the day goes by - all welcome
#artexhibition #ryeobserver #ryeart #visitryesussex #visitrye
#visitorenquiries #ilovecolour
#abstract_art #inksketches
#seascapepainting
#atmospheric #currentchallenges
#curators #artgalleries
#elainealmondart
#homeinspo4u #inspire_me_home_decor
#intuitiveartist

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So the last 24 hrs have been unbelievably sad for the Queen and her family and for us as a nation. The quiet space for me was helpful in finishing packing to go to #rye to the #reddoorgallery next Tuesday. Studio never looks so empty and tidy and you can see the pile of boxes that will fill my car. In between a bit of teaching including accessing the right brain - by painting with my non dominant side - left hand to you and me!!
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Now I can get properly ready! The easing of restrictions will continue and I can be the first in the #reddoorgallery next week- Weds 14th - 26th! You can see my key painting, and my new series here on the theme of Spring Tide: all painted over the last six weeks. It's exciting after such a long time of shielding. I've had both jabs of vaccine and will get a test before going to make it as safe as I can. 😄
Paintings, prints, cards, mugs and new tote bags in my designs ...
It would be lovely to see you!
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#rye #eastsussex #seascapepainting #visitrye #visitsoutheastengland #visitryesussex #1066country #contemporaryartist #contemporayart #colourforcreatives #homeinspo4u #artforsalebyartist #artistfeature
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Happy Easter everyone - what a fab day, nippy but brilliant sunshine a great views around #leybournelakes this afternoon. Places like this are an unending source of #inspiration to artists like me even though I dont set out to paint them realistically. Just being out in the fresh air and beauty and absorbing the colour is what feeds my mind and soul.
What keeps you alive?
#artistdaysoff #inspire_me_home_decor #inspirationdaily #boroughgreen
#abstract_art #abstractedllandscape #iloveblue #ilovecolour
#nature_photo #springflower
#keepgoing #kentcountryside

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My turning point. What moved me on as an artist 5 years ago? hear the story #21daysinmyartworldchallenge
#kentartist #carolinehulse
#joedaisystudio #turningpoint
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#artiststudio #artdevelopment

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Hat value to we place on our hands - we do so much with them including painting of course. I'm just going out so have prepped the veg for tonight so I can put my feet up later! #day10 of the #21daysinmyartworldchallenge
#21daysinmyartworld is around the artists hands so you can see mine in different ways: as they are now - bit arthritic and as I painted them nearly 3 years ago reaching out in prayer for a deeply grieving situation. One shown here is called: A Wing and a prayer' but there are 2 others. They have been shown but I've never tried to sell them but used in church instead.
#handsup #handsin_life
#handsinmyarts #artandfaith
#elainealmondart #artinthettimeofcrisis #artforlife
#expressiveart #intuitiveartist
#layminister #churchesofinstagram
#prayerchangesthings
#boroughgreen #beyourself

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Studio tour. My small hub!

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Sources of inspiration? I wonder what fires you up? I love nature and being outdoors so hated being cooped up in the winter but I realised lately its the colour that gets to me most! Attachedcaxsamplevofcwhatvis currently in flower in my small back garden. The other is the freedom of the big sky and sea - in particular we are often ( lockdown excepted) to be found walking around # ryeharbournaturereserve so the last picture is a section of a larger painting from memory. The scrubby small plants, gusty winds and huge merging of sea and sky never fail to refresh!
A new series of seascapes just finished will be out in 2weeks with offers to all on my mailing list - to sign up, just click on the link in bio and 'newsletter'.
#day8 #21daysinmyartworldchallenge
#21daysinmyartworld #kentartists #seosartist #inspire_me_home_decor #inspirationdaily #nature_photo
#natureinspo #colourforcreatives
#homedecor #ilovecolour
#realartforrealpeople
#artforsalebyartist #artist_features #homeinspo4u
#elainealmondart #elainealmondpersonal
#gingercactusart #acrylicpainter
#artistsjourney #artlove
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Q: what is my colour palette? This is the question on #day7 of the #21daysinmyartworldchallenge
#21daysinmyartworld I have to say that it varies - one of the early things I learned from #carolinehulse was to think about the mood I wanted to create in my painting - whether # abstract or otherwise. During lockdown that has varied from quite dark and moody - yes most of us have been there! - to recently more upbeat with the improved weather, spring flowers and sunshine! So attached are a number of examples. I will be launching my Spring Tide series in Rye on 14 April - vibrant greens, yellows and white/dark blue.
You can see the first one here - 30 x30cm - so do message me to reserve if interested.
I just want to see the sea😄
What moods do these paintings evoke for you?
#elainealmondart #abstractartwork #colourforcreatives #coloursofnature #colourmyhome #feedyoursoull #feedyoursoul #moodypainting #artist_features #nature_inspired
#seascapes #rye #visitrye #visitsoutheastengland
#reddoorgallery #getcreative😍

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#currentchallenges #21daysinmyartworldchallenge
#21daysinmyartworld
So my current challenge is getting ready for 14 April when my exhibition is due to open at the Red Door Gallery. It's been hard preparing not knowing if it will go ahead or not but as time passes and the stats on covid are good, I have been able to think and paint. So this month 8 paintings have emerged in assorted sizes from 30 x 30cm up ton80 x 80cm sq. A Spring Tide series - no photos just painting. Now I need to crack in with painting the sides, sorting out frames and the rest of the show. Two weeks will just fly by!!
Open 14 - 26 April, it will be great to see you if you are within range
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#acryliconcanvas #homeinspo4u
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#paintyourheartout #beyourself
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#colourforcreatives #contemporaryartist
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Favourite tools? #paintingtools #paintingtoday so my favourite are these short broad mottler brushes in various sizes as they give such a range of Mark's. And of course a few things to enhance mark making - an old fork, pastry cutter - won't cut anything but makes interesting marks etc. All used in the paintings you can see which I am getting ready for #visitrye #visitsoutheastengland #reddoorgallery #rye #eastsussex . Need to check the last one tomorrow. It's the largest and may need tweaking a bit.
#markmaking #seascape
#elainealmondart #gingercactusart #seosartist
#21daysinmyartworldchallenge
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#greatpaintingsoftheworld #favourites #myfavouritebooks
#myfavourites so this is day 4 of the #21daysinmyartworldchallenge and the topic books! My art favourites - very hard to decide as in truth if an #artexhibitions grabs me I like to buy the book with text and photos as a reminder of all I have seen and absorbed. So tonight I am puting two books that I have, love and have used. I am not trying to paint now like any of the great artists listed but have appreciated the technical info and have made my own efforts to emulate them in some way in the past. I have a painting of Van Gogh's chair and mine of Monet's poplar trees went to a local mental health unit last year to help bring calm to them!
Here are the books - 'Great Paintings. The world's masterpieces explored and explained' with a couple of pages and showing the contributors. It is immensely fascinating and useful on technique and ideas. And Van Gogh struggled to sell too! No internet then!!
And secondly ' Monet - Nature into Art' by John House. Again detail on Monet's life, art and technique but hits the spot for me for his link to nature and the way that transmits to the viewer.
Who are your favourites and why? Do post below...
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#artandnature #vangoghart
#monetinspired #artistsjourney
#findyourpath #findyourway
#artisgoodforyou #artist-sharing

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Think sea, spring tides maybe! Nothing more in my mind than that as I am working on a series of 8 paintings #wipart #workingfromhome #workinprogress #worksinprogress all part of the #21daysinmyartworldchallenge Some are further on than others. I think the last 2 are done, hanging on my #artiststudio wall so I can decide. Sizes vary from 30cm sq. or 12 inches sq. right up to 80cm, just on 3ft. I would like them finished for #rye #reddoorgallery next month but if I rush them it will be fatal, so will see. The colours look more blue here but are turquoise in reality. For final photos, I always borrow my husbands camera!
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#abstract_art #seascapepainting
#abstractionism #colourforcreatives #homeinspo4u

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Keeping going!. So doing a challenge #21daysinmyartworldchallenge
#21daysinmyartworld
and this is #day2 and my lesson is #keepgoing💪 #keepgoing
I have 7 framed ink sketches in black, gold and white that have come from a whole series of experiments over the last couple of weeks. Here you can see some of them and my #artistsjourney
It's fun and I love it!
This Shoreline
#kentartists #inksketches
#experimentalart #expressiveart

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So now in March I decided to do one of the many challenges for artists and as it 4 weeks to my exhibition in #rye #eastsussex I have picked the #21daysinmyartworld #21daysinmyartworldchallenge after #taraleaver
Today my favourite painting? Truth is there a so many wonderful ones - huge to very small - so I have picked 3 that I have prints or a plate of at home.
Another time I will talk about ones that I connect to for other reasons.
So 1st: The Milkmaid by Vermeer painted in 1657/8 and the original is in Amsterdam but I saw it in a Cambridge exhibition about 5years ago. The painting, the light and composition is fantastic and it reminds me of Dutch friends and wonderful holidays in Holland
2. Matisse's cutouts. These prints just lift a dark corner at home and the exhibition and video of him working was amazing.
3. A plate by Yoyoi Kusama - Japanese artist who uses vibrant colours and incredible installations. My husband chose this - at a point where he didn't much like abstract art

#artfavourites #vermeer #matisse #yoyoikusama
#abstractart #colourforcreatives
#colourmyhome #elainealmondart #keepgoing
#kentartists
#seosartist #gingercactusart
#reddoorgallery

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Is it time yet? Time has been so hard to quantify during lockdown - not much to get up and go for. Jobs to do but time passes without sometimes achieving much or so it seems at times.

So after a month without my usual timepiece I managed to get it fixed via a click and collect service locally. So I can know the time now, but I'm not looking at it! Hunger will tell me when to eat - quite reliably it seems and I wake up similarly in the morning.

So what time is it?

Time to start advertising my next exhibition!

3 days to our next food delivery!

4 days till our storm damaged fencing is fixed - from the January storm.

3 weeks till Good Friday and Easter - still not a full celebration but important none the less - a symbol of hope and new life

4 weeks till the next tier of restrictions are lifted and we can go to Rye for my exhibition 14 - 26 April

It will hopefully open on 14 April - 4 weeks and 4 days time - my mum's birthday - she would have been 114! I am so glad she missed covid. She would be amazed.

Time to reflect

Time to give thanks for health and strength and not succumbing to covid.
In your life, what time is it?

Do come and visit in Rye if you can - details attached

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#rye #ryeart
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#inspiredbynature #colourforcreatives #coloursofnature #colourmyhome #ryeharbour #ryeharbournaturereserve
#avocetgallery #intuitiveartist
#mothersday2021 #timetopaint #timetoreflect #thinkcreative
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#seos #gingercactusart
#sevenoakskaleidoscopegallery

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