Budleigh Past and Present

Above: Sir Quentin Blake’s Insects II (2012) If you’re an art gallery seeking to exhibit book-related art during your town’s literary festival you wouldn’t go far wrong by following the example of Budleigh Salterton’s Brook Gallery. Instantly recognised and loved by millions Sir Quentin Blake is one of Britain ’s best-known book illustrators. The Gallery on the town’s Fore Street , almost opposite Fairlynch Museum , is delighted to be showing an exclusive collection of original prints and drawings by this talented artist. Blake gained a reputation as a reliable and humorous illustrator of more than 300 children's books by authors including Joan Aiken, Elizabeth Bowen,   Nils-Olof Franzén, William Steig, and Dr Seuss and notably Roald Dahl. Blake was born in 1932 in Sidcup , Kent , and was evacuated to the West Country during World War Two. He went to Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School , where his English teacher, J H Walsh, influenced his ambition...

Paintings by Barbara Hageman Garden Ready Oil 9" x 12" $345.00 Sold [A correspondent in Brewster, our sister-town on Cape Cod, writes with news of how the effects of the severe weather over there will be having an effect on her work as a painter. And naturally there's also information here on how to acquire her paintings. Barbara DuBois Hageman trained in classical painting and drawing techniques at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, in Connecticut. In addition, she holds both Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Connecticut. Barbara's paintings include images of the beautiful landscapes of New England's shorelines, farmland, forests, and mountains. She particularly enjoys including people, particularly children, in her works. In addition to her on-line website, her works can be found on Cape Cod at Birdsey-on-the-Cape, in Osterville, MA, at 12 Wianno Avenue. In Connecticut, you can find her full range of works at the Left Bank Gallery Es...