Today’s
guest was Bristol artist Jenny Urquhart. Jenny creates contemporary, vibrant
paintings of her favourite places, working with acrylic, ink, collage,
computer-based graphics, and photography. She is best known for her paintings of
Bristol scenes with balloons. Her paintings also feature scenes from Devon, Cornwall
and North Wales. One of Jenny’s favourite Bristol subjects is the Bristol
Suspension Bridge.
If
you are travelling through Temple Meads any time soon you will see some of her
work, and that of other Bristol artists, on display in the station.
Jenny
taught biology for ten years before switching careers and painting full time. In
2015 she painted two Shaun the Sheeps for the 2015 Shaun in the City campaign
to raise money for sick children. Her Shauns are Lambmark Larry, which was
displayed in London Paddington Railway Station, and Baalloon, which was displayed
in Bristol.
Jenny
has recently published a Bristol colouring book featuring some of her
best-loved Bristol paintings.
Jenny
is a patron of CCS Adoption (Clifton Children’s Society) which finds homes for
children in the south west. She was recently involved in a massive fund raiser
called “This is Bristol”, when she invited Bristolians to send photos of themselves,
their houses, pets, or favourite Bristol places. She made the photos into a collage
which was raffled off for CSS.
You
can find out more about the work of CSS Adoption on their website.
This
year Jenny plans to focus on rural landscapes, and will also be visiting
Pembrokeshire for the first time.
We
featured the music of sixties female group The Velvellettes, and Gerard
provided us with a quiz inspired by our guest.
You can
listen to the show here (10 am to 11 am)
Silver
Sound is broadcast by BCfm 93.2 fm between 10 am and mid day on Thursdays and
Fridays. I’ll be back on the show on 27 January 2017 with another fabulous
guest!
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