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Tuesday, 7 April 2009


East Mersea ~ Pastel on paper
Something to ponder next time you find yourself in a giant tailback on the M25.
Posted by James and Maggie at 11:15
Labels: Current Affairs, Paintings

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West Mersea, Essex, United Kingdom
Husband and wife, artist and chef, who joyfully run the Artcafé with their daughter Jenny in the heart of Mersea Island on the marshy coast of Essex.
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From When I Can Remember
The artist's mother's intriguing biography of her early life on Mersea Island from the outbreak of World War 2 through to 1968. Available from The Artcafe!

What's On Our Blackboard Today ?

What's On Our Blackboard Today ?

Mersea Island Bloggers

  • Banksy Boy
  • Leafy's Art Blog
  • Mersea Wildlife
  • The Poop Deck
  • Tom Knight

What We're Currently Reading

The Artist...
'The Essex Serpent'
by Sarah Perry
The Tartist...
'The Art of Happiness'
By HH Dalai Lama


Websites/Blogs Of Interest

  • Briar Press ~ Letterpress Community
  • Caught By The River
  • Changing Minds ~ An Interesting Resource
  • Chrissie Gamble ~ Photographer
  • Each Little World
  • I Prefer Reading
  • James Russell
  • Jane James ~ Ceramics/Driftwood
  • Juliet Doyle
  • Leeward House ~ Stay On Mersea
  • Letters of Note
  • Life's a Beach ~ Sarah Ruffhead
  • Make Us A Brew
  • Martin Newell ~ Poet
  • Mersea Island
  • Mitch Albom
  • Monkey Beach Cottage - Stay on Mersea
  • My Curious Tea Party
  • Not On The High Street
  • Oysterbed Cottage ~ Stay On Mersea
  • Perch Here
  • Philosophy Bites
  • Shedworking
  • Spitalfields Life
  • Stephen Fry
  • The Artcafé
  • The School of Life
  • Toby Peecock ~ Piano Tuner
  • Typophile
  • Typoretum ~ Justin's Blog
  • Typoretum ~ Letterpress Type/Design
  • Unmitigated England
  • West Mersea Town Regatta
  • You May Also Like

'FOODIE' SITES / BLOGS

  • BBC Food
  • David Lebovitz
  • Eat The Seasons ~ Food Seasonality
  • Essex Eating
  • Essex Gourmet ~ Online Guide
  • Guardian Food Blog
  • Hub-uk ~ Recipes etc.
  • James Ramsden
  • Mersea Food Drink & Leisure Festival
  • Nigel Slater
  • Ottolenghi
  • Raymond Blanc
  • River Cottage ~ Hugh Fearnley 'Wotsit'
  • Ruth Watson
  • Slow Food
  • St. John Restaurant
  • Sudden Lunch ~ The 'Tartist's' Sister's Blog
  • The Food Programme
  • The Hoste Arms
  • U.K. Tea Council

'ARTY-FARTY' SITES / BLOGS

  • All Things Considered
  • Art Of England ~ Magazine
  • Artcyclopedia
  • Artists & Illustrators
  • Artnet
  • Artworks
  • BBC Arts
  • Chartered Society of Designers
  • Colchester Arts Centre
  • Colchester Open Studios
  • Creative Review
  • Design Council
  • Design Instruct
  • Eric Spiekermann ~ Type/Design
  • Fish & Ships
  • Fonts In Use ~ Typography
  • Front Row
  • Government Art Collection
  • I Love Typography
  • Land Sketch
  • Mavina Baker - Printmaker
  • Melanie Wickham ~ Printmaker
  • Nothing is New ~ Design Inspiration
  • Royal Watercolour Society
  • Soendergaard design ~ Porcelain
  • Starch Green ~ Patternmakers
  • The Design Museum
  • The Methodist Art Collection
  • The Ministry Of Type
  • The Suffolk Craft Society
  • V&A ~ John Constable's Sketches
  • Vads ~ a brilliant arty resource
  • Van Gogh's Blog ~ His Letters
  • We Love Typography
  • When Art History Goes Bad
  • idsgn - Design Blog

Artist's Sites

  • '12PM' ~ 12 Printmakers
  • Andrew Ruffhead ~ 'Fish & Ships'
  • Angie Lewin
  • Anita Klein
  • Anne Schwegmann-Fielding ~ Mosaic etc.
  • Annie Bielecka
  • Banksy
  • Clare Curtis
  • Colin Davidson ~ Wonderful Portraits
  • Colin Moore ~ Printmaker/Painter
  • David Hockney
  • Debbie Ayles
  • Elizabeth Morris
  • Graham Webber
  • Hothouse Beads
  • James Dodds
  • James Weaver
  • Jan Dingle
  • Jane James
  • Jonathan Trim
  • Julie Pettitt
  • Kurt Jackson
  • Leafy Dumas
  • Lesley Carruthers
  • Linocutboy ~ Printmaker
  • Maggie Hambling
  • Mavina Baker ~ Printmaker
  • Melanie Wickham
  • Nicola Contreras
  • Penny Bhadresa
  • Robert Perry
  • Robin Cheers
  • Stanislaw Zoladz ~ Fabulous Watercolours
  • Tom Knight ~ Illustrator

Places We Like

  • Books For Cooks
  • Borough Market
  • Browsers Bookshop
  • Guntons ~ Very Good Deli/Shop
  • Pump Street Bakery
  • Snape Maltings
  • The Crown and Castle
  • The Hoste Arms
  • The Seafood Restaurant
  • The Strand Café
  • Trebarwith Strand
  • Wiveton Hall

Groovy Music ~ In Our Opinion

  • Beth Nielsen Chapman
  • Crowded House
  • David Lindley
  • Elbow
  • Jackson Browne
  • Josh Ritter
  • Lemon Jelly
  • Leon Redbone
  • Madness
  • Penguin Café Orchestra
  • Regina Spektor
  • Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  • Teddy Thompson
  • The Blockheads
  • They Might Be Giants
  • Tim Minchin
  • Toots & The Maytals
  • Traditional Music ~ Sheet Music Archive
  • Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain
  • Van Morrison

Good Galleries

  • Big Blue Sky
  • Bircham Gallery
  • Firstsite - Colchester
  • Fish & Ships ~ Coastal Art, Nth. Norfolk
  • Hayletts Gallery
  • Reunion Gallery
  • Saatchi Gallery
  • Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts
  • Serena Hall Gallery
  • St. Judes
  • The John Russell Gallery
  • The National Gallery ~ Obviously
  • The Royal Academy of Arts
  • The Tate ~ Obviously

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