14th April 2024
Painting apple blossom behind the Brown Shed, the tree on the left is a Valentine apple, tiny apples which when you slice them are heart shaped with a hint of pink. The one on the right is a coxes orange pippin planted around 35 years ago
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29th February 2024
A cold day but the sun shines through the window in the front room at Briarwood,
painting tulips in a nice tin jug
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23rd September 2023
I will be at Printfest at The Minories Colchester on Saturday 23rd September with basic kit for visitors to make their own monotype.
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19th June 2023
The Rambling Rector is in flower, and the sun is shining painting in the Garden of Curiosities
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26th April 2023
oil on board painted in the garden listening to women's hour on radio 4 and the buzz of bees on the flowers
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30th March 2023
Colchester Art Society Spring Exhibition At The Benham Gallery Cuckoo Farm 30th March -16th April
my little painting of a lady in a blue teeshirt
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4th Feb 2023
Start the year with my Valentine exhibition at Bodgeners Gallery
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27th July
Summer Classes 2022
Drawing and Painting in the Garden of Curiosities
At 86, Fronks Road, Dovercourt, Essex CO12 3RS
Plein air painting and drawing and/or opt in to activities in ceramics, basic printmaking,
materials techniques
Wednesdays 3rd/10th/17th/24th/31st in August, £20 per day, 10-12 and 1-3
Message or phone me for more info if you want to come for one or more days or half days
Daphnesandham@gmail.com 07813732078
Check us out on instagram/briarwood_gardenofcuriosities
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7th May
And the apple trees are in full bloom, this James Grieves was planted in the Garden of Curiosities in 1988 the spring after the hurricane.This tree is the first of our apple trees to flower, picking up the reflected warmth of the corrugated iron shed roof
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26th April
Lovely tulips in the Garden of Curiosities
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20th March
Spring equinox a lovely spring day, painting in the Garden of Curiosities
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1st February
Painting a new series of seagulls, too cold in the garden studio so painting in comfort in the front room, lovely sunny day
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18th January
Exhibition in the Foyer of Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre HAHC paintings from the moving image Roller Derby
5th December 2021
Colchester Art Society Christmas Exhibition, my ceramic "Pussycat Pussycat"sitting in the window watching the people go by
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20th August 2021
Melvyn And Daphne open their studios set in a wildlife garden as part of Dovercourt Open Studios, a walking art trail near to Dovercourt Beach. Friday Aug 20th 2 - 8pm, Saturday 21st, Sunday August 22nd, Monday 23rd 11 - 5pm
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10th July 2021
We are open as part of Harwich Secret Gardens, flowers and gardens exhibition 'In the Window' and from the rear of the shop look through the window into the secret courtyard
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1st May 2021
Bodgeners Gallery is now open again Saturday mornings 11 am - 1.30 pm and by appointment
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Ist March 2021
Bodgeners Gallery "In the Window Spring 21 exhibition", new work by gallery artists and some lovely new flower bowls by Jean Parsons
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11th February 2021
Its snowy outside in the Garden of Art Studio so painting a new series of seagulls in the front room bay window
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29th January 2021
"Valentine '21 exhibition
Bodgeners Gallery is now on Facebook and Instagram. Each day until Valentines day we will be featuring a work by a gallery artist on the theme of love
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13th January 2021
"In the Window 'Hello '21" exhibition at Bodgeners Gallery 52, Church Street Harwich Essex
during the lockdown we have been putting changing exhibitions in the window. follow us on instagram @bodgeners_gallery
14th November 2020
Pussycat Pussycat comfy in the Colchester Art Society Christmas Online Exhibition
https://www.colchesterartsociety.co.uk/christmas-exhibition
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15th August 2020
"Spot the Dog" lithograph is now in the first Colchester Art Society online summer exhibition www.colchesterartsociety.co.uk/online-exhibition
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6th August 2020
my seagull painting has flown to Firstsite in Colchester as part of the joint CAS IAS exhibition "Borders"
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14th May 2020
"Daphne Sandhams Cats" exhibition planned for Bodgeners Gallery spring 2021, Oil paintings, watercolours, etchings, lithographs and silk screen prints and of course ceramics. Ceramic cats in various stages. they will go into the kiln 4 or 5 times before they are all complete
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1st May 2020
ceramic fairy houses planned for the Fantasia Garden for the Harwich Festival at Fronks Road. Event now cancelled but the fairies have been out for May Day, mayday indeed
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20th March 2020
We are now all in lockdown, Bodgeners is closed for the foreseeable future and my exhibition cancelled, thinking ahead to next spring
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3rd March 2020
Have selected the image for the invite, Exhibition "Daphne Sandham's People Pictures" opening at Bodgeners Gallery Harwich 16th May. Paintings, etchings, lithographs, monotypes, portraits, life drawings, ceramics, and the fabrics and objects in the pictures. Also for sale, pieces from my silk scarf and silk shirt collection
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22nd February 2020
In good company, two silk screen prints from the "Love" book at the Secret Art Sale 2020 at the Minories Colchester
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8th February 2020
sorting my collection of vintage fabrics from the 80's for the Craft Fair, the St Nicholas Church Clock Fund
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