The hole in the wall
A little boy looks into a dry stone wall and imagines who might inhabit it. Poem with illustrations. A6 softback (postcard size) 24 pages.
Words and illustrations by Ann Perrin
Produced by The Dry Stone Walling Education ProjectThe Puppeteers Daughter
The poems explore the complexity of life as the daughter of marionette makers and performers. There are poems concerned with life, love and loss, also the seaside, artists, allotments and the eccentricities of life.
Buy now - £6.60Don’t Throw Away the Daisies (illustrated)
Ann’s poetry covers the big topics of love and death with originality. Take for instance the title poem which is full of surprises yet also wonderfully poignant.
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A brief encounter and Mother’s Day.
Found myself glancing at a woman I vaguely recognised in Rottingdean eating cream scones in the Open Art Cafe the other day. She was with a companion so I did not disturb her but when she went to pay I … Continue reading
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‘Belonging’ with Umi Sinha at Hillcrest.
The biggest book launch I have been to for some time and well deserved for Umi Sinha the author of ‘Belonging.’ Organised by Myriad, her publisher. A real party atmosphere prevails, … Continue reading
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Evolution Arts – ‘It was roses, roses, all the way’
Evolution Arts runs some of the most creative courses in Brighton and attracts truly talented tutors. Today it is Luisa Cortardo (left) teaching us how to make a papier mache rose. Luisa comes from Lecce, a small town in the southernmost … Continue reading
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A sort of Antiques Road Show without the hype.
It’s a family failing that we convince ourselves that an old saucer with a dragon design must be Ming. Or the landscape in a battered frame was painted by a famous eighteenth century artist! But at least its not as … Continue reading
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Learning techniques used by the Masters.
Another great class at Evolution with Clare Harrison. This time she is teaching us to paint like the Masters. Each week there is a different technique favoured by one of them. These will include colour, composition, texture etc. We all get … Continue reading
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
A spider wove a wonderful web beneath the garden table. The sunrise this morning was almost as mystical as the moon and the sunset last week. Men at work – Rottingdean, Hove Promenade, The Bluebell … Continue reading
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Don’t let the Autumn get you down!
Autumn is not my favourite time. O.K it’s lovely to see the colours, to be grateful for any kind of harvest especially as I can still pick a handful of raspberries in the garden most mornings. But then there’s the sea … Continue reading
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Evolution Arts – you can’t beat them for creativity and fun
Today it was one of their ‘Tea, cake and creativity sessions’. I attended one of Tara Dakini’s courses last year and know that she is a talented and kindly tutor. So off I went to her flower corsage workshop. … Continue reading
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Ellen de Vries in creative mood at Evolution
I had heard that Ellen is well respected for her poetry workshops. Apparently she is creative and inventive and enables students to move to new realms of thinking when creating poetry. Today provided more than was ‘described on the box’ … Continue reading
Jazz class at Evolution another hidden gem!
Wow a great class at Evolution this afternoon, well you know I am a fan of this centre, always friendly, unassuming and with a range of tasters, day classes and courses to suit everyone. Today it was a jazz session … Continue reading
Ann Perrin 