| By helenparsley,on November 22nd,2010 
Welcome to my website! Hope you have had a lovely Christmas…and that you’re not suffering too much from too many mince pies! I will be organising my exhibitions for 2012 over the next few weeks so watch this space. During December,I had Home Gallery every Monday…and I may well continue this on a once a month basis in 2012….However,I can always open up at any time for a visit…just email me at studio@helenparsley.com or phone me on 0161 747 5944 to arrange. I have just launched “HOME ART service”where I visit your home with ideas for paintings/prints…read more below! If this is your first time time visiting my website,I’d love to hear what you think of my work,so feel free to leave a comment. By helenparsley,on November 22nd,2011 My HOME GALLERY will be open at my studio in Flixton,Manchester every Monday between now and Christmas. Feel free to pop in from around 11am to 6pm any Monday…28 Western Road Flixton Manchester M41 6LF. (NB…if you can’t make this time phone me to arrange to come round at a time that suits you) There will be lots of paintings to view,prints and originals…and a cup of tea,coffee or mulled wine! Please do not feel under any pressure to buy,just come and enjoy! I will probably be at work at my eisel,but love to chat!…Simon will get the kettle on! Just a little note about Christmas…if you would like a print before Christmas,please let me know before 10th December…ish! By helenparsley,on November 22nd,2011 We have just launched our HOME ART service where we come and advise you at your home with a range of possible paintings and frames in-situ. No obligation. Call me on 0161 747 5944 for more information. How it works is this…we have a chat on the phone,decide on the kind of paintings/prints you might like,and then we arrange a suitable date for us (Simon and I) to visit your home. We travel all around the country,so don’t think you live too far away! Just a little note about Christmas…if you would like a print before Christmas,please let me know before 10th December…ish! By helenparsley,on November 15th,2011 I read this recently…It made me laugh so much I thought I’d share it with you: “A cleaning woman at a German museum who mistook a sculpture for an unsightly mess has destroyed the valuable artwork beyond recognition. The cleaner at the city’s Ostwall Museum went to work on the Martin Kippenberger installation entitled “When It Starts Dripping From the Ceiling”which was valued by insurers at 800,000 euros ($1.1 million). The late contemporary master had created a tower of wooden slats under which a rubber trough was placed with a thin beige layer of paint representing dried rain water. Taking it for an actual stain,the cleaner scrubbed the surface until it gleamed. “It is now impossible to return it to its original state,”the spokeswoman said,adding that the damage had been discovered late last month and that the work had been on loan to the museum from a private collector. Works of art not infrequently fall victim to zealous cleaners. In 1986,a “grease stain”by Joseph Beuys valued at around 400,000 euros was mopped away at the Academy of Fine Arts in Duesseldorf,western Germany.” By helenparsley,on November 15th,2011 By helenparsley,on September 14th,2011 PermalinkBy helenparsley,on September 14th,2011 Just returned from Art in the Gardens…what a fantastic show! And my prediction of Hot and Sunny weather was almost correct!! We did have hot and sunny on the Saturday,but Sunday was a little wet at times (although my husband kept on saying it was only sea mist!!) Here’s some photos,the good photos [...] By helenparsley,on August 16th,2011 It’s nearly my eldest daughter’s 21st birthday (Lizzie) and I’m getting all reminiscent and emotional looking back over life as I’ve been leafing through photos of her as a baby and growing up. The other day my middle daughter,Emma,thoughtfully held my face in her hands and tenderly asked “…How does it feel now [...] By helenparsley,on June 23rd,2010 I did promise you some paintings of Rome,but unfortunately when I went on my reference finding trip on a cruise visiting various lovely cities on the med,I got food poisoning and was confined to my cabin the day I was meant to in Rome! Simon,my poor,long-suffering husband also had to [...] By helenparsley,on July 6th,2009 What is your favorite holiday destination? I’ve not traveled an awful lot,but Egypt and Machu Picchu are on my to do list!! Maybe a an odd Maya Temple thrown in! What’s your biggest extravagance? I’m a bit of a Yorkshire woman at heart,so an extravagance to me would be a two for one [...] | |
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