Quirky Houses & Villages

MY QUIRKY HOUSES

"As a child I loved to draw and paint, and would often paint a house with a pretty garden, flowers in the garden and always a garden path. Sometime a cat would be sat in the garden or I would paint my mother and myself, or my brother playing games in the garden.  There were always flowers, particularly daisies, in my paintings.  My houses nearly always had a fence. 

A few years ago whilst travelling in France and Belgium I saw some houses in a little row. All the roof tops were at different levels and all of them a different colour. All the little doors were bright blues, reds and yellows. 

Suddenly I saw images from my childhood, these houses were just like the ones I used to draw. There was even a little cat sat on the doorstep, the flowers and the fence! 

Cat On A Hot Red Roof Acrylic Ink 11" x 13½" £170	Flying The Kite Acrylic Ink 10" x 10" £120	The Little House Ambleside Acrylic Ink 11" x 14" £170	Now Which One Is Mine Acrylic Ink 14½" x 11" £240
Shopping Day Water Based Ink 17" x 13" £280	Party Day Acrylic Ink 16" x 21" £325	Naughty Sheep Acrylic Ink 10" x 7" £85

I just couldn't wait to paint them and as my husband was driving I naturally had a problem trying to draw and paint whilst on the move.  On arrival at our destination I couldnt believe how quirky and cute these houses looked and my husband loved them!     

I have now been painting these memories and adapting them to real houses that we see in all our villages and towns and I have tried to paint them as I remember painting as a child, simple, direct images.  Gradually, over a period of time the images have evolved in to the slightly quirky, wonky style that seems to work well with the brightly coloured inks that I use."

Please note:  The prices quoted are for unmounted, unframed work.  Please email me on lakelandartist@gmail.com for prices on mounted and framed work and for delivery details.  

You can also ring me on 01539 563003