Deirdre Nicholls

My dining table! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAIyuhLo13W/?igsh=OWhqdTNtaHpjeGRy

The Haining …and further along the same path at The Haining

Today I’m tidying up and planning somehow to clear space on a table so I can work on it. I’m going to make a wee cow next. Yes. A cow. A Belted Galloway to be precise. www.instagram.com/reel/C_SnFr0oHJF/

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https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Palm-Trees-Beaulieu-sur-Mer/40266/6175357/view This image was made to bring to the viewer thoughts of summer, sunshine, warmth and colour. Available to buy from the SaatchiArt site, where prints are also available from $50 ( around £38).

Originals and prints Dorset Watercolours https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Jurassic-Coast-near-Osmington/40266/4423793/view

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Casting a mask of Michelangelo’s face in Jesmonite Some years ago, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford very kindly allowed me access to their copy of a bust of Michelangelo. In those days, this work was in a glass case on the top floor in a dark corner, almost invisible to the casual observer. I nearly fell over in astonishment when I saw it, and was entranced. I mentioned it to one of the members of…

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The Selkirk Hills

Today I went to a fabulous gallery in the old port prison in Nice to see an exhibition of the work of Hergé. Here are some of the highlights. I spent nearly 2 hours there and just loved seeing Hergés original drawings as well as artefacts he’d collected for his stories, such as the wooden mask for The Broken Ear. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7t60sWIPH-/?igsh=ODh3N21nank5c21q

Called in on Dolly yesterday on my way to the airport. The first of the edition of 9 has been sold. Delighted that she’s going somewhere special next.

Escaped to the Riviera for a while- it’s been a busy year. Visited Dolly on my way to the airport.