HeyJaredStill Sketching
Still sketching: art, reading, and the hidden stories of women artists from my Norfolk studio
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The World Inside the Hedge (opens the original)
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As the days grow shorter, and the evenings grow longer, the pull of the jigsaw isn’t far away. I am not sure when this became my autumn ritual, but I even bought a small gate-leg card table at the local auction for the very purpose. I am particular about my choice of pictures: they must be bookish and the illustrations beautiful. There is something deeply soothing, and addictive, about sorting the pieces, slotting one against another until the bigger picture comes into focus. I am surely not the
The Changed Landscape (opens the original)
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Drawing while no one was looking (opens the original)
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An Artist of a Certain Line (opens the original)
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This is not a story of an artist, but the beginning of a story. It tells of fragments found and the woman who begins to emerge from them. My research on the illustrator Susan Einzig led me to a book, published in 1960, that showcased children’s book artists working predominantly in black and white illustration. Artists of a Certain Line, by book designer John Ryder, contained a selection of 31 artists alongside a small biography each apparently supplied by the artist. Included are Raymond Briggs
Gathering - Postcards from the North (opens the original)
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