Books
My husband and I
have always enjoyed travelling and after I retired, I wrote about some of our
most eventful holidays and had three books published. For more information
about these, please visit my other website:
www.valerieastill.co.uk
Paintings
However, I had always wanted to be able to paint and first joined a local art
class in January 2014. The tutor, Mary Byrne, was brilliant at giving
encouragement and making suggestions, while making class members think for
themselves about what they were trying to achieve. As a result, when I exhibited
five of my paintings at the group's annual exhibition in October 2014, I
actually sold three of them.
I
later had guidance from another excellent tutor, Ingrid Daniels. My work was
exhibited at the Little Theatre in Leicester in 2018 when six of my paintings
were sold and in 2022, I was fortunate enough to be offered a six week solo
exhibition at the Sock Gallery in Loughborough where more paintings
were sold. Some of my work was also purchased from the art group's annual
exhibitions and more than a third of my paintings have now gone to new homes.
My
paintings are all in oils on canvas and unframed and those that are still
available are displayed according to approximate size. If you would like to
purchase any of these or would like to contact me for further information, my
e-mail address is: