Received this very nice email this morning (7 March 2025):
I am pleased to inform you that your artwork has been selected by the judges to be part of the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) exhibition in the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, Birmingham 13th – 24th May 2025. It will also be included in the official exhibition catalogue/book. In addition, your work will form part of the international slideshow that will be viewed at the various events associated with the 32 countries participating in Botanical Art Worldwide – 2025.
I spent all day (Wednesday 10th July 2024) at the Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Visitor Centre in Norfolk to welcome visitors to the Natural World Art Society Exhibitions of Seascapes and Native UK fauna. The exhibitions are split between the large gallery room and outside up the steps to the thatched “scope” room. It is a beautiful venue and quite a lot of visitors came in to look. If you would like to support Norfolk Wildlife Trust, why not go along and visit the exhibition and buy a painting or print. A donation to the Trust will be made for every item sold.
These are my six water colour paintings in the exhibition (all priced at £450 – individual, handmade frames speckled gun metal in colour, size 18″ x 22″, with archival mount). Just click on a picture to view the profile story of inception, execution and completion for each painting.
Just received a notification that my ten-year Facebook year book was available. The front cover hit an historic note: a photograph from the Cambridge Evening News of me singing and playing my guitar with two of my lovely three boys (Jason and Paul) entertaining at a Christmas party some years ago – and that was quite a few by the looks of how young I and the boys appear!!! (Just noticed, it says I am 41 so that makes it 1991.) Wonderful, wonderful memories.
This is the photograph and see below for transcript:
CEN transcript:
Behind the smile there is a touch of steel about Tina Bone. And woe betide the player whose football does not capture the festive spirit at Barton on Saturday. Because Bone, who is to referee Barton v Sawston White Lion, will have no hesitation in sending off any Santa-season sinners. “I don’t stand for any nonsense,” she warned. She shrugs off any touchline ribaldry as she carries out one of her hobbies in a rich, fun-packed life. Take yesterday. The 41-year-old live-wire from Comberton spent some of the afternoon in Cambridge belting out ‘60s rock and roll with two of her three sons under the “Generation Link” banner. “Corny name, isn’t it,” chortled Bone, who is also a Parish Councillor, netball player and coach, life-saver, cycle racer and that rarity—a woman [football] referee. And a mum—“I was just making the beds” was her opening remark—who works from home in desk-top publishing. A trio of players have found to their cost this season that Bone knows how to control footballers from colts league to County League, Division Three. She is also able to run the line at a higher level. This is the third season she has spent in the middle, following in the refereeing footsteps of Comberton neighbour Beverley Chapman. Bone managed [one of] the village colts team for four years, only taking the Cambridgeshire FA-run referees’ course so she could teach her players the laws. And if there is any leg-pulling from any of those footballers on Saturday…watch out!
Please see the poster and form below to book your team into our wonderful annual event: FRANK HOWARD TRIPLES DAY SUNDAY 25TH JUNE 2023. It really is a lovely day. I am in charge of recording the results! I look forward to seeing you there. (Right-click on each picture and save the linked file to your downloads, from where you can print them out, fill them in with your team details and food requirements, and post them to Di Griggs with a cheque or bank payment receipt (BACS).)
I am most grateful to the person(s) who nominated me, but I am so sorry, I do not feel that I am really up to being shortlisted for such a nice award. I like the bit about “…Your nomination reflects the hard work and dedication undertaken by the team at Tina’s Fine Art UK…”. Trouble is, I do not have a “team” and do everything myself, so the nomination does not quite sit well with the work ethic of having no “team”. Please accept my sincere apologies for declining your lovely offer – and very good luck to all the other nominees.
I was delighted to receive notification of a fabulous review, written by members of the Cam Valley Forum (CVF), about the River Friend Series of little books. Download the review HERE
I am hoping to publish the seventh little book in our River Friend Series within the next couple of months. With many other projects going on, it has taken some time to push through this particular book entitled “Water: Clean and Dirty”. Here are three little illustrations which are destined to be in it (only photographs at this stage I am afraid; they will look much better once professionally scanned!). Originals were pen and ink only so I scanned them and printed them onto water colour paper and put in a colour wash (media = printers ink and water colour).
Water Speedwell (Veronicaanagallis-aquatica agg)Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga)Water Mint (Mentha aquatica)
Today is the last day of the Iceni Botanical Artists exhibition at the Scotsdales Garden Centre, Great Shelford.
WE ARE IN THE MOWER ROOM WHICH IS DOWN THE OUTSIDE CORRIDOR TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE. LOOK FOR THE BIG A-FRAME POSTER JUST OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND FOLLOW THE RED ARROWS.
Don’t miss this last chance to see Gold Medal winning RHS Artists’ work, and to purchase the brand new A4, IBA 2023 Write-on Calendar for just £7.50 – it has a splendid variety of IBA members’ works with a little two-line poem for each. A WONDERFUL AND UNIQUE [EARLY] CHRISTMAS PRESENT!
DO COME ALONG AND ENJOY THIS SPACIOUS EXHIBITION SPACE AND ALL ITS CONTENTS. IF YOU LOVE GARDENING AND FLOWERS, YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS EXHIBITION.
