A Ukrainian textile artist whose inspiring work helped her recover from cancer hosts her first solo exhibition this month. Lena Archbold was born and brought up in Kyiv. She had successful careers in economics and technology before being diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010. She had moved to the UK after completing a student exchange in 1994, then marrying a Jarrow man in 1998. Her treatment at Sunderland Royal Hospital, where she had over 70 chemotherapy sessions, was successful. It was while...
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. A Hamilton artist thought one of her paintings worth over $7,000 had gone missing during shipping but it turns out the missing artwork was in the hands of someone on the East Coast. Julia Veenstra has been painting for over 30 years and this is the first time one of her creations has gone missing. […]
After realising she would never have children, artist Ptolemy Mann found herself challenging the patriarchal art school pressures that had stopped her following her own path, she tells Chloë Ashby
The San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture will host a free night of original poetry at the Culture Commons Gallery this Thursday. From 6 to 8 p.m., poets including one current and another former San Antonio Poet Laureate will perform original works inspired by the exhibition currently on view at the gallery, Resilient and Responsive: Artists and the Environment.
The words of Leeds artist Philip Naviasky in an interview with the Leeds Mercury newspaper in October 1932. The Leeds-born Jewish artist of Polish extraction and known for his portraiture, landscapes and still life in oil, watercolour, pencil and charcoal. He gained a scholarship to ‘Leeds School of Fine Art’ at just 13, in 1907. His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy annual, now summer, exhibitions 10 times between 1914 and 1953. He was passionate about making art accessible to all and,...
Jonathan Yeo, 53, has opened up to the Sunday Times about having a heart attack last March whilst painting his portrait of King Charles.
Sharon Stone looked chic and elegant as she took a walk through Beverly Hills this week. The Casino actress, 66, wore a brown turtleneck sweater with orange stripes around the neck, bottom and sleeves.
The 8.5ft-tall oil on canvas by Jonathan Yeo was unveiled at Buckingham Palace. His Majesty is seen in his Welsh Guards uniform with a butterfly on his shoulder
The painting, by the renowned artist Jonathan Yeo, was commissioned in 2020 to celebrate the then-Prince of Wales's 50 years as a member of The Drapers' Company.
Located in Brockley, south London, the three-bed one bathroom property is on sale for £750,000. But the house's unique selling point is its colourful frontage, painted by Italian street artist Renato Hunto.
Jonathan Yeo, 53, is behind the portrait of the King, depicting him in the uniform of the Welsh Guards' in a blaze of scarlet and fiery red hues said to emulate the transition of a butterfly.
The Northern Lights were visible Friday night and into Saturday morning throughout the region.