Born and brought up in North Cheam, Surrey, Irene moved North of the River Thames to Barnet Hertfordshire, where she lived until retirement. Initially settling for the East Coast seaside town of Aldeburgh, a few years later she moved on up the coast a few miles to the pretty little East Coast seaside town of Southwold, which clearly gave her plenty of inspiration for her artistic talents. It is always interesting to see how an artist develops their favoured syle in the paintings they produce; with Irene’s easily identifiable ‘clean and neat’ impact, definitely establishing itself for her last few year’s works. On this page we therefore start off with some of her earliest paintings, which show her desire to experiment with different techniques from an early age. The second page is devoted to her minature watercolours of Southwold and the surrounding area with the third giving some examples of her poetry. |
