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Welcome
to The Drawingroom 'Online'
I hope we have
created a website that reflects some of the beauty and serenity
of Francis Yard and my home, The Drawingroom. The website is young
and I am only just getting used to updating it myself, so I hope
you will give me some latitude whilst I get there! The aim with
this site is not to offer an alternative to visiting the cafe and
gallery but to extend the facilities to a wider audience.
You can take
a look through the virtual gallery
(needs updating, I'm getting there) and learn more about our artists
or view the menu for the
cafe to tempt you into visiting again, very soon.
Finally there
is a what's
happeneing.. broken into several areas to keep you in touch
with what is happening in and around The Drawingroom. If you have
your own news, please feel free to e-mail
me or simply drop into the gallery.
About
The Drawingroom
The Drawingroom
is, to my certain knowledge, the only Art Gallery in the UK to exclusively
exhibit figurative, sensuous works, housing over 400 original works
of Fineart.
The Drawingroom
is housed in a 17th century building and haunted by a kindly female
presence; she has watched over this home for years. The building
was initially constructed circa 1600 of oak, plaster and lath and
has been added to in subsequent years. Some of the oak was probably
from ship's timbers; this means some of the beams, are from trees
growing 1000 years old.
For a majority
of it's history, the building was a peasant dwelling and ale house,
with a stable at the East Street end. It is also thought to have
been the home to Lewis Carrol's 'Mad Hatter' Roger Crab, the 'Mad
Hatter' of Chesham. Over the last 30 years it has been an office
and barber shop.
The Fineart
exhibited includes sculpture in marble, Portland Stone,solid bronze
and cold cast. The Paintings are in pastels, watercolours, oils,
charcoal, some photography and pencil. I have selected the works
from living Artists, who reside in the UK and who demonstrate their
ability to capture and celebrate beauty through their use of light,
form, composition and above all, skill.
The Drawingroom
is also my home, whence it takes it's name; if you were here right
now, you would be in my home, my sitting room, livingroom, My Drawingroom...and
you'd be most welcome.
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