Artist at the Chair

 I've started going to the launderette again, now I've moved into a place with no washing machine (there's a space for one, but it's not high on my list of priorities).

So while the washing was on, I headed towards Shepherds for a coffee - and never quite made it.  There's a new exhibition at the little gallery and I went in to see that instead.  

Nicky Litchfield paints animals - mostly dog portraits, but other things as well, and with a quirky sense of humour.  She's come all the way from the Ribble Valley in Lancashire for this, and she's fallen in love with Hay.  She was working on a charcoal sketch of a standard poodle when I went in, a new local commission, so the exhibition has been helpful to her.  She was quite excited because she'd just met Barbara Erskine, so I was able to tell her all about Lady of Hay, the book that launched Barbara's career. 

She can be found at www.nickylitchfield.com