A super quickie today, we wanted to bring you a sneak peak of one of the latest Doug Hyde new releases which are being released within the first 2 weeks of September 2010:
Happy Campers by Doug Hyde
(limited edition on paper)
The title is yet unknown however it loveable image of one of Doug’s characters in a tent, with his trusted dog asleep next to him and a lantern throwing light on them, a wonderful piece
thank you
James
Never to be pigeon-holed, Fineartblog likes to broaden its horizons and recently we came across a beautifully looking shopping site that wet our artistic taste buds: www.figurines-ornaments.com
Figurines and Ornaments is a comprehensive and lovingly put together website that, at the moment, sells 3 of the UK’s & indeed Europe’s most collectable brands of: High Porcelain, Sculptures, bangles and trinkets; those brands are: Lladro, Nao & Halcyon Days respectively.
Top 5 things we like about this new site:
1) Really competitive prices
2) Easy to use
3) Lots of categories & ways to search
4) Good looking website
5) Easy to contact them
Some of the many ways to search:
We contacted the website and asked them to say a few words for our blog:
‘There is a huge demand in the UK and abroad for Lladro & Halcyon Days, & particularly Lladro is one of the worlds biggest brands & we are proud to officially retail them…we hope coming to our site is an enriching experience for you, gazing in delight at our products and the immense dedication it has taken to create them’
We have bookmarked the site and have asked them to keep us abreast of any new developments.
So for all you lovers of Figurines and Ornaments we recommend them and give it a rating of 8.5/10.
Well keep you posted
Thank you
James
Do you know any new art related websites out there? Have you got a review? Contact us
Many of you may have ‘herd’ 🙂 about the Elephant parade that happened in London in June and July this year…
Above: elephants painted by Peter Smith (left) and John Wilson (right)
The Elephant Parade was the largest outdoor art exhibition ever staged in the UK, with 258 life sized baby elephant sculptures, set in locations all over London’s city centre. They were thought up and created for the leading wild elephant charity called ‘Elephant Family’ www.elephantfamily.org The interesting thing is that each elephant is a unique piece of art, hand painted by renowned artists and designers. The Parade ran for around two months; from May to July 2010. The elephants were placed in streets, parks and squares right across Central London at some of London’s leading landmarks.
Above: elephants painted by Alexander Millar (left) and Jeff Rowland (right)
With an estimated audience of 25 million (you cannot count every person in London who has viewed them can you?!), the campaign aimed to raise over £1 million for the endangered Asian elephant. It was a fresh and unique fundraising and awareness campaign that everyone could enjoy. Elephant Parade’s mission is to become the world’s largest financial support organisation for elephants, while attempting to save the Asian elephant from extinction in the wild.
Above: elephants painted by Paul Kenton (left) and Louise Dear (right)
Some of the UK’s finest artists and designers were sponsoring and painting an elephant including the previously blogged about: Alexander Millar, Jack Vettriano, Jeff Rowland John Wilson, Louise Dear, Paul Kenton & Peter Smith!…Many of these are artists licensed exclusively to Washington Green fine art publishers, so big thank you to them for allowing them to help out!
After going on display in various locations all over London, a select number of elephants were then auctioned off by Sotheby’s, whilst the remainder were auctioned online.
thank you
Vicki
Useful Links
Elephant Parade Main site: www.elephantparadelondon.org
Elephant Family Charity Main Site: www.elephantfamily.org
Donate to Elephant Family: www.justgiving.com/elephantfamily/donate
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the ‘The Railway Children’ film adaptation, Timmy Mallett has painted & released three brand new limited editions prints in Timmy’s classic painting style:
Timmy stands proudly with his paintings
As well as having Timmy’s signature style there is also something special about these pieces. As normal each limited editions is signed by Mallett ….AND AMAZINGLY each is also signed by 3 stars from the film – Bernard Cribbins, Jenny Agutter and Sally Thomsett! So these pieces are an absolute must have for anyone who loves one of Britain’s all time favourite children’s films!
This is a real opportunity to invest in something that you loved during your childhood or to be part of this celebration. Perhaps you are new to this film or Edith Nesbitt’s original book?
‘Send Our Love To Father’ by Timmy Mallet
(available as an on paper or canvas limited edition)
The editions of these pictures are very low – only 50 Canvas and 100 paper limited editions have been produced & this is going to heighten demand and increase dramatically the collectability of this range.
‘Saved By Red Petticoats’ by Timmy Mallett
aka: ‘Saved by Red Petticoats’
(available as an on paper or canvas limited edition)
‘Oak Worth’ by Timmy Mallett
(available as an on paper or canvas limited edition)
Thanks
James
Links:
Timmy Mallet Interview Part 1
Timmy Mallet Interview Part 2
Timmy’s Official Website