My facebook friends have been enjoying a staged progression of my current painting ‘Brighton Fair’ these last couple of weeks. It’s been fascinating to read the comments and to know that my friends have been enjoying the process of watching it unfold as much as I have enjoyed putting it together. I have to admit […]
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At Brighton Fair
It’s no big secret I would love for nothing more than to become a full time professional artist. Making money from doing something you love so passionately I suspect is everyone’s utopian dream. My facebook friends have been my close companions as I rise at the crack of dawn to paint not because of my […]
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Sometimes sharing a view can help you unwind what appears to be a complicated issue. Until my last post, I’d been struggling with what I thought was an issue of identity until several people came to my rescue and helped me to realise I was probably dealing more with an sense of belonging. Thanks to […]
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This is something of an admission and perhaps you can all help me settle it in my mind once and for all. You see for a long time I have struggled to define myself as an artist of sorts. What best describes my art? I come across this issue every time I feel the need […]
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By AnneBH
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I really don’t like making excuses and one is not required for not blogging for such a long time. I am a spontaneous blogger and when the moment catches me there is an outpouring of words. Often when the dynamics of your life situation changes so do a lot of things you did as a […]
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Well the glass is both half full and half empty at the moment. Day 12 of #FindAnnesPaintings dawned and I was optimistic as usual although as the morning wore on I started to feel a little anxious again. Oville had said he would call me ‘in just a moment’ yesterday and then went quiet. So […]
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By AnneBH
Posted in Metamorphosis, The Business of Art , Adele Henderson, anne blankson-hemans, Citylink, Citylink complaints, Citylink Customer service, David Smith, Goodbye News of the World, Jane Desmond, Robert Peto, Yesterday's News |
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Today I wrote this letter to David Smith MD of CityLink and copied Robert Peto, Finance Director, Jane Desmond, Customer Care Director and Adele Henderson, Director of Operations. I am hoping they will help me find my paintings which went missing en route to my customer on 2nd November. Mr David Smith, Managing Director, CityLink […]
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By AnneBH
Posted in Metamorphosis , anne blankson-hemans, anti depression, CBT, cognitive behaviour therapy, depression, depressive illnes, Dr Joy Lilian Blankson-Hemans, dr Tim Cantopher, the curse of the strong |
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My mother could never understand why people would want to appear on TV to air their personal problems on shows like Oprah Winfrey, Vanessa, Tricia and Dr Phil. I would often reply by staring blankly at her as she asked this obviously rhetorical question for the umpteenth time because I knew she wasn’t really expecting an answer from […]
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I risk sounding a little trite when I say I am amazed at how far technology has brought us over the last few decades but you have to forgive me, I am fifty-two years old and grew up in Ghana and yes we had a TV, a state of the art Phillips affair in an nice […]
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My ego has taken a bit of a knock this past weekend! I’ve always boasted I don’t have much of an ego and so I am a little ashamed to say this but in the spirit of good and honest blogging I need to share this with you. You see ever since I was selected […]
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