Denise Hawthorne BA.
My studio in Welton was built in 1859, the village Methodist Chapel for many decades then a school room. It is now my studio, technology free, a quiet, welcoming space in which to work and teach.
I taught Art and Design for many years, first at a Lincoln Comprehensive school then delivering A level art at Lincoln College for eight years before I retired.
I trained as a printmaker, woodcut, silkscreen and etching. I joined Lincolnshire Artists’ at this time and these are some of my early contributions to the annual exhibitions.
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We walk the dogs through many Lincolnshire woods, nowhere reflects the seasons better.
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Every city has it’s own special character and atmosphere, and need people to bring it to life.
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Painting water is always a challenge- trying to capture luminous light in still reflections or the power of waves at sea…
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When I first moved to Lincolnshire from my native Lancashire I missed the hills and dramatic landscape. Over the years though, this county has grown on me… we live in large skies and can see across to far horizons…
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Some of my landscape paintings featuring the wide open horizon and skies…
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I undertook a second degree in Fine Art whilst teaching at Ancaster high school- I enjoyed the painting and drawing modules but particularly enjoyed the critical and historical studies and the opportunities that evolved through mixed media work.
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I start a new sketch book/journal every January… highlights of 2019 will be painting in the Scottish highlands and a (working) cruise to Iceland.
I have a solo show during April 2019 in the Riverhead Gallery at Louth Riverhead Theatre.