Newcastle launch - The Biscuit Factory - Friday 11th November 2016

York launch - Pyramid Gallery - Saturday 2nd December 2016

This mid-career retrospective of Lesley Seeger’s work will be a 64 page, hard back book with dust wrapper and some 240 images of Lesley’s beautiful paintings and mono prints.

Foreword and interview of 4000 words by Terry Brett of The Pyramid Gallery, York.  Pre-publication price £20.

To order Coming Home at the pre-publication price of £20 please contact Quacks Books:

info@quacks.info
01904 635967
Jackson House, 7 Grape Lane, Petergate, York, YO1 7HU
 

Fantastic workshop at St Martins School in Gilling last night. What a talented group of girls. We worked with colour, collage and negative shapes to create the floral series pictured.

Special thanks to art teacher Laura Waley for organising this event.

If you're interested in learning with me and would like to see a list of my upcoming courses, please click here.

My first book, an upcoming mid-career retrospective

A mid-career retrospective of my painting career is due out in November to coincide with my exhibition at The Biscuit Factory.  Mud and Chillies (A working title) promises to be a good read as well as a visual delight with over 50 photographs of my work and the story of my influences and artistic development. 

November 11th 2016 onwards

I'm going to be exhibiting a new collection of my paintings at 'The Biscuit Factory' in Newcastle later this year.

Join us for Champagne and canapés at the opening on Friday 11th November, between 6.00pm and 9.00pm. 

The Biscuit Factory is one of Englands largest art galleries, showing top quality work over three floors. Why not book a hotel and make a night or weekend of it. I am so looking forward to going back to the city of my birth and the county of my roots with a selection of new landscapes, large and small of special places.

Weekends of  13th-14th and 20th-21st August 2016

I’ll be running this year’s painting courses in the beautiful Orchid House of Helmsley Walled Garden. The gardens are outstanding, food at the cafe exceptional and the teaching transformational. For the established artist who wants to loosen up his or her style and/or the adventurous beginner, you will learn about colour, composition, texture and painting techniques. A fun weekend where you will learn a lot. 

There are two separate weekend courses that you can book onto, they are the 13th-14th of August and the 20th-21st August and the cost is £170, all materials included. Courses run from 10.00am to 4.00pm each day. For more information, or to book your place, click here. 

Exhibition from 8th October to the 12th November 2016

From 8th October to the 12th November I will be taking part in a joint exhibition with Giuliana Lazzerini, the very talented owner of the ‘The Blue Tree Gallery,' Bootham. The Blue Tree Gallery is nestled in the heart of York on Bootham and shows beautiful contemporary paintings. I am really looking forward to exhibiting with Giuliana as our work is very complimentary as we are both colourists. (see attached article)

Exhibition coming up in August 2016

I’m working on ‘Castle Howard Arboretum, A Response’ alongside textile artist, Corrinne Young and artist and curator, Stef Mitchell. We’ll be exhibiting our work from 29th August to September 2016. Set in the beautiful cafe area this will be a high quality exhibition worth seeing with very different but accomplished artists

Exhibition 10th and 11th September 2016 ( Preview 9th )

During the weekend commencing the 9th September, I will be displaying my work in the Dame Laura Knight Studio just next to Staithes Gallery as part of the annual Staithes Festival. There will be a lot of fish prints and other work and Shirley Vauvelles goregeous sculptures and pictures of seaside things, old maps, cats, hearts, fish, wire and driftwood. We hope to see you there later in the year.