Opening Tea lounge exhibition on Ber Street

Eloise's super solo show at the Tea lounge on Ber St, opening night on the 8th of July 2010. The show was opened by Hospital arts coordinator Emma Jarvis. Emma wrote a long speech that caught the hearts of the people at the opening. It was like being handed a book on the show this is your life. I done some much work I should have retired decades ago. But having no money or pension fund is one of the dilemmas of retiring. One project pays for the next. Emma is fabulous and works very hard at the N+N on heaps of projects.

Emma Jarvis cutting the ribbon.

Cousin Sang came along with his friends from the stepping stone project. Sang works at the cathedral and forget me not cafe and does tons of charity work all over the city.

Mike Read International chess master came along to my show. He also made a special effort to come to my show in London last year.

Bass Guitarist Heather Engid Wells from Bright spark the Band, Mick hardy and the Norwich Dandies Christine and Dugald at the Tea lounge opening bar of home made stout beer and lemonade.

Elspeth talking to film and TV set designer Jim O'Hare

Richard the Norwich famous painter hiding out with his mobile and Emma Jarvis and actor Sam Terry.

Mick Hardy enjoying my polenta cakes

Illustrator Kate Green and photographer Andy Midgley talking with Heather.

The studio Gallery "The Norwich Dandies"

The Norwich Dandies at the Studio Gallery show in July. Vince Law's window display of his poetry that is made into paintings and installations.

A map of all our art exhitions all over the city was made into an art trail for Norwich Pride. This is the map stand at the side of the front of the gallery.

The Norwich Dandies A sign Vince Laws made out of old postcards.

The gallery is in view of city hall in the sky line.

The Studio gallery is on a little boutique street that has deli's and house interior shops and gallerys and famous bands live here too.

My series of dogs snorkling under water

Batique willy paintings.

Art in a can and in the back round Hare on the moon.

The corner of the room with my puppets, paintings and detail drawings and on the right is the artist Christina Violet Sabberton pictures.

Constant crucifixion close up of sculpture.

Vince Laws poetical window display "If you dont bat for us you can admire our balls!"

Artist Gina's fake Mondrian painting and my little ones in the window. The cat painting was done to find a home for the stray cat in the painting. Gina's fish, which we had to keep alive while he was away.

The outside of the gallery.

The Studio Gallery opening "The Norwich Dandies"

Vince Laws artist/poem/blogger and Dugald standing outside The Studio Gallery on upper St.Giles, for the Norwich Dandies 2nd show that ran for three weeks. Gina who owns the studio gallery, kindly lent it to us while he went on holiday to France. Gina was also a special guest exhibitor in the Norwich Dandies show.

My Crucifix sculpture I made for the show, the sculpture was made of reused fabric and wood and had negative words that I have been told repeatedly throughout my life. Someone described them as very victorian words. The sculpture was interactive and people could type up there own words and add them with a pin to the female crucifix. I called it constant crucifixion because although Jesus spent a few days on the cross being crucified, women spend there entire lives being crucified.

The Studio Gallery is very small so we took it in turns on the opening night to be inside.

Last years Mayor came to the opening and people from all over Norwich.

My musician friend Mick Hardy chatting about a stray cat that needs a home.

The typewriter used for typing up the words was of great interest to people as it is a complete Bygone with the computers that took over the world.

My friend Fergie who came along to the opening.

The pinning on of words to crucifix.

Group shot of opening after my life long friend Marilyn from Australia arrived by train from Rome.

Me standing outside The Studio Gallery

A month of art in Norwich

"Eloise, to sell work these days means your a successful artist". Says art critic Leon from London art blog. Well some say talent has something to do with it, but I recon its complete and utter dedication, which means giving up just about most of the cake and working day and night for 28 years, while seeing everything, talking to everyone and along the way taking any awful job that pays some cash towards to paints and frames. For the past year I have given the art the all and not taken on any jobs to pay for the paints. Which has thrown me in deeper to the art world and taken me to so many places I would have never thought of going to. From furniture design, murals, book illustration, animation, environmental festivals, sculpture, different country's. Last month I got launched into my own city with the New Dandies group show. Which led to sales and 4 more exhibitions in Norwich.

The first one went up the same day I took the Dandies down and his lining the corridor of the NNUH hospital on the 3rd floor, east wing in glass cases and will be on show for several months.

Then on friday the 2nd July, 6pm is the opening of the Proud exhibition at St. Gregory's arts centre in Pottergate, a group show of proud artists from all over Norfolk this show is on for a whole month and the Proud show will also be holding lots of arts events in that month.

On the 8th is my Solo show opening at the Tea lounge at 6pm on Ber St, up from John Lewis. Which will be up from the 2nd to the 31st of July.

Then at the Studio Gallery on upper St. Giles, the 2nd Dandies show opening night on the 13th of July and this show will be up for 3 weeks.

The Tea Lounge Super Solo Show

The Tea Lounge on Ber street, just up the road from John Lewis. I will be having a super solo show, new paintings. From the 2nd of July to the 31st of July. There will be around 40 pictures to see and to buy or to be inspired. The Tea lounge also has yummy homemade cakes and a big patio garden out the back to sit out in the summer sun. 141-143 Ber Street, Norwich, NR1 3EY.