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I started watercolours painting some years ago, following the death of my husband of nearly fifty years. I have found painting a great solace and very fulfilling, and I have been greatly encouraged by the fact that some people have wanted to buy my pictures, calendars and cards.
My life prior to this exhibition has been varied - in the corps de ballet of the Anglo-Russian ballet company, five years acting in repertory, and teaching in the Hampshire School, Knightsbridge. The expansion of the School, as head mistress and proprietor and its progression to new premises in London and the Dordogne, France, formed a major part of the next forty years of my life. I have planned this exhibition to raise money for charity and to display some of my own watercolours.
When I look around me, both in England and abroad, I see the most wonderful colours and shapes, which I have tried to capture in my work. It is really the colour in all its myriad aspects that I enjoy most.
Apple Tree Bay, Trasco, Isles of Scilly, by Jan Box-Grainger
Ohrid Church of St John, by Jane Box-Grainger
Dawn at Cley-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk, by Jane Box-Grainger
Artist: Jane Box-Grainger
Location: Chelsea Gallery, Chelsea Old Town Hall, King's Road, SW3.
Cost: Free to enter
Time: The gallery is part of the Chelsea Library. Please see library opening hours.
Watercolour on NOT paper 20.5cm x 28.5cm, unmounted. Painted while spending a week in the Island Hotel in 2004. This original work was used for the month of August on the artists' printed calendar of Scilly 2005. Limited issue of 100. Sold to raise money for charity at my Exhibition in the Chelsea Gallery in 2005.
Watercolour on Rough paper, 21cm x 17cm, unmounted. Painted while spending a week at the Hotel Astarea in 2006 at Mlini. This original work was used for the cover of the artists' printed calendar of Croatia 2008. It is a limited issue of 50 as a second calendar for 2008 was produced following a visit to New Zealand (limited issue of 50). Sold for charity at my 2007 Exhibition at the Flying Colours Gallery, Chelsea.
Work in watercolour ink and bleach on NOT paper, 24.5cm x 28.5cm, unmounted. Painted while spening two 5-day spells at the Blakeney Hotel in 2006 and 2005. Original work used for the month of December on the artists' printed calendar for 2007. Limited issue of 100. Sold in aid of charity at the Chelsea Gallery in 2006.
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