Norwich 20 at 80
The Norwich 20 Group is celebrating its 80th birthday this year and all members have been invited to submit six pieces for its Anniversary Exhibition at The Undercroft in Norwich in May. Being asked to choose just six pieces, representing my creative output over the years, has been rather difficult; a bit, I’d imagine, like…
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Under Pressure
I’ve had a run of ill-health recently with bronchitis, shingles and then hospitalised with low sodium and high blood pressure. It has left me feeling very tired and, unusually for me, unable to draw for a while. But happily I have started drawing again now and, in my habit of being inspired by my immediate…
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Visual aide memoirs
I’ve spent a lot of time indoors this month with a recurring virus and haven’t felt well enough to do a lot of work or go outdoors. But the thing about drawing is that it’s instant, you just pick up your pencils and draw what’s to hand, or what you see. For this sketch of…
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Painting from within
The pieces I have been working on this month have been, to a large extent, inspired by my interior life, in both the physical and mental sense. Illness has kept me indoors, which has made me more responsive to the environment and materials around me and more reliant on my memories; memories of childhood, of…
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Diana Lamb 