healds green gallery
After leaving art college with a diploma in Art and Design, I left the world of
art and spent the next 20 years working in marketing and account management, and
bringing up my son. I didn't have much time to dedicate to my love of art, but
now my son is much older, so I have more time on my hands to create the art that
I love. I started out painting flowers and landscapes, which I shipped all over
the UK and USA and a few even went to Australia! My love of animals has always
been there, I've had horses and so many dogs and cats from being really young,
so it was only natural that animals feature regularly in my art. My artwork has
more recently turned towards painting dancers, landscapes, and the beach too. I
love to paint in watercolour, in acrylics or in oils, and regularly create
different collections in these different mediums. I set up Healds Green Gallery,
named after the converted church that we currently live in, and run workshops
from the gallery in Chadderton and also from locations in Cheshire too. We have
classes starting in January in Tatton Park in Knutsford which is such a
beautiful place to visit! We run watercolour and acrylic classes and sometimes
branch out by getting other expert tutors in to provide glass craft and pottery
workshops too. All of our classes are perfect for beginners or people who have
always wanted to try painting but don't have the equipment, or never get round
to it at home. Having had young children, it sometimes feels quite
self-indulgent to spend time doing something that is just for you, but you
deserve that time. I love every minute I spend drawing and painting, its time
spent solely concentrating on just that, and not worrying about other things. My
aim is to share my love of art to everyone and to make you all feel good enough
to come along and try it out. You don't have to be the next Rembrandt, just come
along and enjoy the time. I hope I can tempt you to want to try it out yourself
and join us on one of our workshops!
