At Spring Farm, I particularly liked the pen and line drawings of the Lake District by Anne Farmer, the ceramics of Clio Graham and the work of Jenny Graham. I have done a couple of courses with Jenny which were fun and I learnt a lot. She makes beautiful landscapes in oils with an easily recognisable style, as you can see above.
Nancy Farmer, seen here amongst her work, shares a love of open water swimming with me. In fact, I saw her all last Winter swimming in the same place. The difference is she doesn't wear a wetsuit! For her exhibition called 'Swept Away', she has done a number of drawings on her phone and tablet documenting her swims throughout the year. I bought a calendar with her drawings and comments, which are funny and so true, so I will be able to have a swimming picture every month! It has inspired me to think about using this again as a subject. I did do some life size textile swimmers some time ago...
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