ARTIST IN RESIDENCE NENE PARK PETERBOROUGH
THE NENE PARK TRUST FELTED BLANKET by Environmental Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill, Artisan Felter Eve Marshall and the people of Ferry Meadows Country Park
As part of my artist-in-residence post at Ferry Meadows Country Park creating art inspired by nature of the park we planned to create a stunning felted blanket of the wildlife of the park. The design of the blanket creates itself almost in my head which I then communicate to Eve with whom this is the […]
SYMPHONY OF SPRING-An Original Painting by Nature Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
Spring is a time of newness, of rebirth and new beginnings. A time to bring new energies to the world following the quietness of the winter months.Spring follows winter as growth follows the germination of seed. The colours become fresher and brighter with the new growth of tree leaves and plants such as bluebells and […]
An Artists Obsession with Feathers-by Nature Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
Why have I become obsessed with feathers? Why am I seeing them everywhere at the moment? It all began with the installation PERSEPHONE’S BED AUTUMN as I saw moulted feathers everywhere as I was creating this piece-I collected them and popped them in a jar-they came out for the installation and then were put in […]
THE BIRDS NESTS-An art Installation by Nature Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
THE BIRDS NESTS are an art installation created in Ferry Meadows Country Park, Peterborough as part of my art residency that has been funded by The Arts Council England until September 2017. Considering the presence of the extensive osier beds alongside the River Nene for many years I knew as a nature and installation artist […]
ALONE -A WINTER painting Charron Pugsley-Hill Artist-in-Residence Ferry Meadows Country Park Peterborough
As I focus on my series of art inspired by the seasons and my residency post at Ferry Meadows Country Park and The Nene Park Trust in Peterborough, I am finding such pleasure in the simple things of life. Just walking with my dog in the park on cold winters days with little human company, […]
THE FIRES OF AUTUMN An original painting by Peterborough Nature Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
When I became Artist-in-Residence at Ferry Meadows Country Park in Peterborough I was grateful for the focus and the space it could create to enable me to develop myself and my art. As a self taught artist I want each project that I undertake to enable me to learn about myself, new techniques, the subjects […]
WINTER WASHING AN ART INSTALLATION by Peterborough Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
One day a few weeks ago I was painting in my studio and felt that someone was watching me. I looked up to see one of Father Christmas’s chief elves peering through his spectacles at me. I know who he was because I have actually met the real Father Christmas twice on visits to Lapland […]
Artist-in-Residence Nene Park Trust Peterborough
I am delighted to be working until September 2017 with The Nene Park Trust who were successful in a funding request to the Arts Council England (ACE) for an artist-in-residence post at Ferry Meadows Country Park on the outskirts of Peterborough. ACE distribute arts based National Lottery Funds which will go towards a diverse range […]
THE THREE KINGS, A WALK AND A BED-Peterborough Environmental and Wildlife Artist-Charron Pugsley-Hill
Not all together but on different days in the same week!! It began with Persephone’s Bed Autumn (see previous blog for the story) and me thinking I might get 20 people lying in the bed…..about 80 people laid in the bed with and without the goddess….Why 20 …well often something familiar in a place you […]
Charron Pugsley-Hill Artist-in-residence Nene Park -#PERSEPHONESBED Art Installation
Persephone’s Bed is a bed that will be placed in different locations in the park in the 4 different seasons. It will be dressed for each of the seasons, autumn, winter, spring and summer. Visitors to the park can lie in the bed and observe the surroundings from the bed in each of the chosen […]