The Garden studios The Lawn St Leonards On Sea
Who could fail to be seduced by Nick Snelling and
Adrienne Hunter's Art studios set in their leafy garden in The Lawn .
Brushing past various fruit trees , crab apple , pair apple and
established almost abandoned shrubs,walking through what I thought was
an art installation which turned out to be Nick Jennings extraordinary
Japanese influenced pots( so sensitively laid out on the lawn ) and
there glinting through the trees were their studios.
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| Nick Jennings Pots |
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| Nick and Adrienne discussing their work |
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| Adrienne's studio |
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a glimpse of Adrienne Hunter's studio
Adrienne Hunter
The strength and confidence in Adrienne's work immediately confronts you as you enter her studio . She draws expressively with her brush, These are not meticulous , mean drawings but bold almost angry spurts of energy as if time was running away and the subject would disappear and yet she still manages to relay the passage of time in a sensitive evocative journey which certainly seduces the onlooker .
Nick Snelling
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| Nick Snelling's Studio (a wall of great beauty) |
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| Nick Snelling's studies of the sea . |
Nick Snellings Studio A wall of beauty ..... The abandoned frames leaning against the wall , the
green glinting through the white rain or is it melting snow reminding us of a new Spring after a difficult winter. I'm not entirely sure if indeed it was a painting or an installation ...who cares .... or was it all in my imagination. I found it one of
the most evocative paintings of Nick Snelling a poetic piece and perhaps it is a new direction for Nick . Strangely it fills me
with a certain sadness, however a fall of snow does the same thing for
me. Snow draws me to memories. I often write about it.The wall said it all,probably more than Nick realised.
Nick's unfailing love of the sea has always given him strength . His paintings show a complete understanding of his passion for the ever changing tides, moods and colours. A true artist who plays , experiments with glazes and succeeds, oblivious of the age we now live in. His studio is a chaotic indulgence, an unintentional art installation every beam of recycled wood every squirt of paint an indulgence . I loved every inch of it and understand and admire the challenge he obviously went through in the past two years.Wonderful!!!!
In their busy eventful life they still find time to open their house to foreign students and also run a bed and breakfast. Their truly bohemian background in their enchanting house in The Lawn is a bonus for any visitor, who could wish for more. Their link is www.airbnb.co.uk.......elegance by the seaside
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