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Hello & Welcome to my WebsiteI am a London based artist and architect. Wherever I am in the world, my passion is sketching and painting life around me, in my annotated, watercolour sketchbook diaries. Once I’ve seen what I’d like to capture, I draw as much as I can of what is going on around me in my book, using an ordinary black biro. Then I add colour using my small field box of watercolours and I make notes around the perimeter of each sketch to describe my observations. View from the top of Millbank Tower © Karen Neale please click on the image below to see a larger picture  My first London sketchbook diary entitled ‘London in Landscape’ was published in October 2006. ‘London in Landscape Volume II’ should have been published on May 6th 2009 and launched at the Barbican Library. Sadly this didn't happen though the exhibition was a great success and paintings went like 'hot cakes'! Methuen has informed me that Volume II will be available before the end of June and I will have copies at my next event at Spitalfields from 9th - 12th July. My stand at Spitalfields is on Market street, which is the covered 'street' just off and parallel to Brushfield Street. As well as‘London in Landscape Volume II’ books some of my London paintings, limited edition prints, and greetings cards from both volumes I and II will also be on show. A couple of the London in Landscape images will appear on new cotton carrier bags that I am introducing. As always, I’ll be happy to sign and dedicate copies of my ‘London in Landscape’ books! Opening times: Thursday – Saturday 10am- 6pm and Sunday 10am - 5pm. I'll then be at Lord's Cricket Ground on 18th and 19th July during the Ashes series, with book prints and cards, somewhere near the Museum! Hope to see you at one of these events. Inside St Pancras Station © Karen Neale please click on the image below to see a larger picture  For ‘London in Landscape Volume II’ I have been out and about again sketching whilst being totally absorbed in the atmosphere of our amazing capital city. I’ve visited some favourite old haunts as well as some new ‘discoveries’….. View from the top of BBC Broadcasting House © Karen Neale please click on the image below to see a larger picture  When I begin to sketch, I soon become completely focused and absorbed in my surroundings. I feel a sense of calmness in which I am at once in the thick of things, and yet abstracted, as I commit to paper what I see, and equally important what I feel at this time. For me the whole experience is most therapeutic. Karen Neale Art: 'Me and my Work' I am a London based artist and architect. That's me in the top left corner of this web page, sketching the last football match at Arsenal's Highbury ground on May 7th 2006, as a commission for an ardent fan! In the top right corner, I'm braving the winds racing across Waterloo Bridge in November 2007. View from Waterloo Bridge looking east © Karen Neale please click on the image below to see a larger picture  My sketchbooks have taken me on some wonderful adventures. In 2001 I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to undertake an artist’s journey through World Heritage Cities and Sites. From France, I travelled eastwards through eight countries to Nepal, recording what I saw in the pages of my sketchbook diary. Subsequently I spent time in Cuba, culminating in a solo exhibition of my work at the British Ambassador’s residence in Havana. Those paying close attention to Volume II of London in Landscape will notice that this sketchbook has also travelled back to Havana for two of the sketches and the ‘Capitolio’ does a great impression of St. Paul’s! Havana, Cuba © Karen Neale please click on the image below to see a larger picture  Back in London, I was appointed the ‘MCC Young Cricket Artist for 2005’, based at Lord’s Cricket Ground, and was also artist in residence at Queen’s Club for the 2007 tennis season. So Volume II of London in Landscape includes one sketch from each of these famous sports venues. Some of my other projects include Hadrian’s Wall, and sketching in and around the Palace of Westminster, both of which are World Heritage Sites, as well as a spell as ‘artist in residence’ at the Athenaeum. Tsunami Appeal Match at Lord's © Karen Neale please click on the image below to see a larger picture  If you would like to contact me for further information, please click here to e-mail or call me on 07710 406967 I hope you enjoy looking around the website. Karen |
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