Situated near Colyton, East Devon, Blackbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort built in the 4th century. It is renowned for its spectacular show of bluebells, which carpet the grounds with violet in late Spring. Lorraine was so taken by the golden sunlight bursting through the trees in this magical setting that she was …
We Restore Old and Damaged Photographs
We can repair your precious old photographs that are faded or damaged. We can even colourise black & white photographs to bring treasured memories back to life! Please feel free to bring any of your photographs that need restoring into our Sidmouth shop for a no-obligation quotation.
Don’t Feed the Seagulls!
This watercolour is framed in white and the overall picture, including frame measures 45cm x 45cm. It will also be available as a print and a greeting card.
Dog Portrait Commission in Pastel
This is Hime which means Princess in Japanese. We think her name suits her perfectly!
Latest painting of Sidmouth Beach
Lorraine’s first painting of 2024, this beautiful watercolour is titled ‘Winter’s Afternoon on Sidmouth Beach’. The original sold straight away but we have giclée prints available in various sizes, both framed and unframed.
Mid-century style
How about adding some mid-century style glamour to your home with this gorgeous, sunset orange ripple vase!
Fine Art Printing Service for Artists
Calling all artists looking to have their original paintings made into digital files and reproduced as fine art prints or limited edition prints. We can: Produce the highest quality giclée prints to standard and bespoke sizes. Make high resolution digital files of your original artwork. Colour correct/balance digital files. No minimum orders you may print on …
Beautiful Pet Portraits in Pastel
A portrait from earlier in the year – this lovely old fella is Reggie. A bit wobbly on his legs but still absolutely gorgeous.
Sidmouth Sea Fest, 20th May 2023
We’re looking forward to Sidmouth Sea Fest this weekend. The festival celebrates everything in, on and by the sea so, with that in mind, here are a few fused glass pieces to get us in the mood!
Recent Dog Portrait Commission
This recent portrait of Border Collies, Bob and Bella, was commissioned as a special birthday gift. If you are interested in commissioning a portrait, just go to our ‘pet portrait’ page to see the different options and prices.
Hotel Photography
The Bath Hotel in Lynmouth recently commissioned Bruce to photograph this fabulous, newly refurbished room, Monkey Island. Check out some other images taken by Bruce of The Bath Hotel. If you have a property you would like photographing you can get in touch with Bruce via our ‘Contact’ page.
Pet Portraits in Charcoal
It has been a while since we posted a black & white portrait so here’s one from Christmas – this is Blue!
Restoration of Old Photos
We can repair and print your old, damaged photographs and even colourise faded black & white photos to bring treasured memories back to life! Email or bring your photo into the shop so we can give you a quotation.
Sidmouth Daffodil Day
We’ve made our own paper daffodils to hang in the shop window all ready for Sidmouth Daffodil Day, Saturday 11th March 2023. Come along and celebrate the million daffodils planted in Sidmouth!
Cavapoo Portrait
Ruby the Cavapoo – the most recent pet portrait commission to leave the shop. Must admit I fell a little bit in love with the real Ruby.
Closed this Thursday & Friday
The shop will be closed Thursday 8th and Friday 9th September – open again as usual on Saturday 10th September. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
Glass gifts
We’re loving these iridescent little dishes and tealight holders we have in the shop at the moment…
Quirky gifts
They’re back! A new flock of quirky seagulls landed in the shop yesterday – doubt they’ll hang around for long…
We Have Moved!
We are excited to announce that we have relocated to Sidmouth High Street! After 6 very happy years, we were sad to leave our Libra Court family but when this shop became available, we knew it was right for us. We’d like to say a big thank you to all our customers and friends for …