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Chris Bingle

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Artist in love with oil paint, the Gloucestershire landscape and the lovely smell of turpentine. www.cheltenhamgroupartists.org
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Our mother Sheila in the garden in Hadfield, Chesh Our mother Sheila in the garden in Hadfield, Cheshire about 1980. Brilliant woman. Courageous, funny, clever, fierce, loving.
Such treasures come with the post! Thanks to @one Such treasures come with the post! Thanks to @oneofmanycharity and @jo.jane.judson for the marvellous creatures that arrived today. I have donated to the Maggie's Centre in Cheltenham, to support the brilliant work they do. Jo, these beasties are a delight, and I love the little fish prints on fabric! 😊 #printmakersofinstagram #creatures #littlefishes #makeartaffordable #passitforward #oneofmany
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Out this morning playing with a fineliner and wate Out this morning playing with a fineliner and watercolours. Stancombe plantation and the landscape around it draws me back again and again; the fineliner forces me to commit to the marks - I was bored with pencil! I have @asamandadraws of @walking_theland to thank for a nudge towards using a permanent mark; it's been a long time. It's good practice for a trip to Italy in a few weeks' time. I can't take much by way of materials, so getting up to speed with the pen could solve a problem! #traveljournals #penandwash #fineliners #landscapedrawing #concertinasketchbooks @seawhiteofbrighton #fabercastell #stancombeplantation #Gloucestershire
Its @oneofmanycharity time again! The season tick Its @oneofmanycharity time again! The season ticket holder @paulb1606 has allowed his woolly hat to be pressed into service this time, and the names are in! After much rustling and scrabbling in the hat, the draw is done. The next image shows the lucky winners. Please send me a DM with your full postal address and I'll get these out to you as soon as I can. It won't be before Saturday because of a very busy end to the week! It would be great to know which charity your donation is supporting. 😊🤗💖 @gill8840 @jancun24 @celia_strainge @ja5nz @prycekathryn @lhall1251
Such a lovely thing to arrive amongst the window e Such a lovely thing to arrive amongst the window envelopes and takeaway flyers! Thrilled to have won Betty, Dottie and Bonbon, reduction prints from @lizziedee28 - I love the chirpy little birds! I will be donating to @maggiescentres in Cheltenham for this round of 1/many for the support they have given to dear friends. @oneofmanycharity #reductionprints #supportinggoodcauses #winwin #artinthepost
@oneofmanycharity Update: The Draw is now closed; @oneofmanycharity Update: The Draw is now closed; I will list the names that have emerged from the hat on Wednesday. Thankyou to everyone for your comments and interest. 💖 Here's my offering for @oneofmanycharity , hot from the baren, still needing to dry! Springtime allotments on A5 paper. I've got 6 of these available. I'm sure you know how it works; you ask if you can have one, and in return, you make a donation to a charity of your choice, either the amount you would pay for a print or whatever you can afford - ever grateful to @johnapedder for coming up with an idea of simple genius. If there are more names than prints, they all go into my Sorting Hat and I make a a random draw. I will list the lucky recipients on Wednesday19th. You then send me a DM with your address, let me know which charity you're supporting (it's always lovely to know) and I'll post them out to you. The charity I'll be supporting this time around is the Maggie's Centre in Cheltenham, whether or not I win any 1/many's myself.
On International Women's Day, here are the only 2 On International Women's Day, here are the only 2 photos that survive of my great grandmother, Hannah Bastow, née Reynolds, a 'four loom weaver of Worsted (fine woollen cloth) in Lister's Mill in Bradford'. Taken on a day out on Filey beach in the early 1920's, she wore the clothes of another era, and I love her magnificent feathery hat. The family story was that she was quite fierce and independent-minded. Her daughter Louisa, my grandmother went to Aberystwyth University - remarkable in itself for the child of a mill-worker. My daughter Hannah is called after her. #internationalwomensday2025 #grandmothers #mothers #daughters #sisters #wives #millworkers #listersmill #Bradford history #heritage #strongwomen
At Last! Out with the kit, on the river bank, tryi At Last! Out with the kit, on the river bank, trying to get to grips with the Paint, the Zest-it, the brushes, the palette knife and the light. Hopefully remembering how this works, after a very long 4 month gap! This winter was hard on energy, morale and everything else, with many things demanding attention. I feel I've emerged from hibernation into the light! Whether or not the painting's any good - and I have my doubts, it was about the process; Just Do It! #riversevern #pleinair #tideturning #justdoıt #catchingthelight #framilode
Sicilian lemons fresh off the easel. Glad to be ba Sicilian lemons fresh off the easel. Glad to be back behind a brush! 20 x 20cm, oil on canvas. #lemons #Sicily #citrusseason #oilpaintersofinstagram #lovelyyellows #stilllifepainting #moretimetopaint
I've been very quiet on Instagram lately, because I've been very quiet on Instagram lately, because I've been working on this as part of @walking_theland Lines of Inquiry project, investigating the Honeybourne Line urban path that links Cheltenham Spa station to the Prince of Wales stadium and beyond, where it gets a bit wilder! My concertina sketchbook will join work by 14 wonderful artists working in a variety of disciplines including film, photography, print, drawing, natural dyes in an exhibition at the Hardwick Gallery, @uniofglos from 3rd to 27th March. Events are planned around the exhibition, including a Friday Walk and Private View on 7th and a Symposium on 21st March. @walking_theland @uniofglos #exploringthelandscape #walkingthepaths #oldrailways #huntingbuttstunnel #sleepingunderbridges #echoesofhistory #urbanlandscape #oldrollingstock
A peaceful, well-rested Christmas, everybody. Wish A peaceful, well-rested Christmas, everybody. Wishing us all a creative and productive new year in hope of kinder times to come. Where there's art and kindness, there's hope! 💖
Delighted to come home from work to find this @one Delighted to come home from work to find this @oneofmanycharity post from @jo4edart - such a wonderful print, and I love the ghostly image that appeared when I opened it - its harder to get ink to dry in the winter! @oneofmanycharity is a wonderful idea dreamed up by the remarkable printmaker John Pedder. The charity I'm supporting this time round is Maggie's cancer support centre in Cheltenham which does amazing work. #cancersupport #maggiescentrecheltenham #linoprinting #
Solstice to solstice, the pinhole camera came down Solstice to solstice, the pinhole camera came down yesterday, and this rather wonderful image emerged! The new camera goes up on the drainpipe today. We'll position it so it 'sees' more of the sky, and try and make sure it stays watertight. The equinox to equinox camera failed, and the contents were a soggy mess! #wintersolstice #pinholecamera #trackthesun #pinholephotography #streetview
Today I finally arrived @victoriaartgallerybath to Today I finally arrived @victoriaartgallerybath to see the @bathsocietyofartists show; a wonderfully eclectic exhibition; the work is always amazing. I tracked down my painting 'Allotment Dahlias, September' and found it in good company. The photos are terrible, but I'm glad to have seen the show! #allotmentsofGloucestershire #dahliaseason #Sheds #bathopen
Im very pleased to hear that these two paintings h Im very pleased to hear that these two paintings have been selected for the Winter Exhibition @threestoreysnailsworth from 2nd December to the 5th January. it will be a lovely show, in a great venue. I'm looking forward to seeing it. #christmasiscoming #originalart #oilpaintersofinstagram #beautifulthings #specialgifts
Aaaand... that's it for this year! Its been my fi Aaaand... that's it for this year! Its been my first year taking part in the Autumn Arts Trail, and it's been a BLAST! People have been very complementary about the handsome brochure; Sue and Chris have been very supportive of the artists taking part, and worked so hard. I've loved meeting the people who have taken the time to climb the steep stairs to my studio at the top of the building; a huge thankyou to everyone who bought my work, or said good things about it. Believe me, it really matters - its such a validation. Thankyou all. I'm exhausted! A quiet night in, and then I need to get down to some new work! @autumnarts24 #oilpaintersofinstagram #artfromtheartist #openstudio #warmwelcome #thankyou
A touch of springtime blossom for the second weeke A touch of springtime blossom for the second weekend @autumnarts24 to entice you up the steep stairs to Studio 4 at Piccadilly Mill West this Saturday and Sunday from 11-6pm. There's the added lure of paintings at studio prices and a rather gorgeous chocolate fudge cake (Vegan AND gluten free). Across the yard at Studio 5 are @fionnaheskethjeweller and @studiotuft, and just up the road, opposite the hospital you'll find @kimjarvisartist so why not make a day of it? #openstudios2024 #meettheartists #stilllife #landscape #eatthecake #stroudcake
SOLD! Three lemons, on show @pegasusartshop in the SOLD! Three lemons, on show @pegasusartshop in the staff exhibition, where you can see work by @sarahmiddletonfineart @ollie_goodson @penelkirk @dougalkirkland and a beautiful print by Bethan Nutt as part of the @autumnarts24 events at Griffin Mill. If you want lemons for your kitchen wall, my studio is open this weekend at Piccadilly Mill West, off Lower Street Stroud GL5 2HT (Page 18 in the brochure, Studio 4) Piccadilly Mill also has @fionnaheskethjeweller and @studiotuft both makers of wonderful things, so it's a good place to visit! #stilllife #landscape #oilpaintersofinstagram #tuftedrugs #bespokejewellerydesigner
Day 2 of the Autumn Arts Trail; studio 4 (Page 18 Day 2 of the Autumn Arts Trail; studio 4 (Page 18 of the brochure) is up and running.There are landscapes and still-life for your delectation and delight! Find me at The wonderfully named Golden Seed Hub, Piccadilly Mill West, Off Lower Stret, Stroud GL5 2HT.
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