Wentworth Woodhouse Spring Fayre

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Karen

***** EVENT CONFIRMED FOR 4TH & 5TH MAY 2013 *****

After the disappointment when snow stopped play over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend I’m delighted to confirm the dates for the next bank holiday weekend!

Karen Loughridge Fine Art – KLArt will be exhibiting an even wider selection of products over the two days, thanks to more recent deliveries:

Framed Originals, including the new KLArt Wildlife and Orchestral paintings
Fine Art Giclee Prints of a variety of favourite KLArt pictures
Fine Art Greetings cards (singles, series and variety packs)

I’m pleased to say we are expecting the hog roast to be there too, so once again lunch is catered for, along with a variety of other tastes and interests!

Fingers crossed for sunshine, the event should be great fun for the family while the public footpaths through the grounds of the estate provide for a great couple of hours walking before or after visiting the event!

The site now has it’s own website, so for further information or to book future tours, please check out: Wentworth Woodhouse Web site (opens in a new window)

For a bit more background, check out my previous (Easter Bank Holiday Market) post and the links in there to more stories of the Mysterious Wentworth Woodhouse.

I look forward to seeing as many friends old and new as can make it on the day(s)!

Wentworth Woodhouse Easter Bank Holiday Market

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Karen

***** EVENT POSTPONED UNITL 4th & 5th MAY 2013 *****

Karen Loughridge Fine Art – KLArt will be exhibiting at the Wentworth Woodhouse Easter Bank Holiday Market.

A wide selection of KLArt products will be available to buy on the day:

Framed Originals, including new KLArt Wildlife and Orchestral paintings
Fine art prints of a variety of KLArt works
Fine art Greetings cards (singles, series and variety packs)

I look forward to meeting up with my many customers old and new – hope you can make it!!

Why not make a day of it…

Wentworth Woodhouse was built in the 18th Century by the Fitzwilliam family and is one of the largest privately owned homes in Europe, with an interesting history to match.

It provides a most spectacular backdrop for this event and the opportunity to make a day of it, with a nice walk before or after visiting the market as the Mansion house sits in its own deer park.

The house only opened to the public for the first time in September 2012 – check out the news at the time of the Mysterious Wentworth Woodhouse.

It also happens to be my former home – this is where I did my four years teacher training (I had a bedroom on the Bedlam wing) and as you can imagine, I am very excited to be going back home for this event!

Want to spread the news? Please help yourself: Wentworth EasterEvent Flyer (PDF)

February Challenge (2012 revisited)

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Karen

So 12 months on, we’re nearing the end of February 2013 and I can’t help but reflect on what I was doing this time last year….approaching the end of my “picture per day in February challenge”.

At the time I kept a small diary (in words as well as pictures) and note this particular entry:

It’s funny, but despite the fact I feel so energised when I am being creative, I seem to find so many reasons not to do it, or to put a lower priority on it than other things in my life. Despite my hope that I could generate a regular income stream I guess I am still persuaded by the notion of my art as a hobby, which pushes it behind housework, shopping and a whole myriad of other things on my “To do” list. I really do need to kick that one into touch!!

That in mind I challenged myself to produce an art work per day throughout February (2012). This would be a daily attempt to either create a new piece or complete one of the bits and pieces hanging around that had been started and never quite finished…I did manage to polish some of those off too!!

End result an assortment of images/items in a variety of media:

12 months later and I have adjusted my priorities to focus daily on my artwork in one form or another. Some days it’s a focus on the administrative stuff and tweaks to my website, others it’s researching opportunities and competitions and on the best days of all I listen to my music and paint or draw to my heart’s content on my latest commission or my next “big idea”. Whatever the day brings, though, I relish every opportunity to explore, learn and be creative and can’t help but think my February Challenge helped my focus and kicked some of the old doubts into touch!!

Some of these items (and lots of others) are still available to buy from the KL Art Shop if you’re looking for something a little bit different for Mothers Day (March 10th 2013).