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Pandemic Projects

2020 has been an incredibly difficult year for everyone, including artists, musicians and creative people isolated in their studios. All open studio events, exhibitions and courses were cancelled and so a scheme called the Artist Support Pledge set up by artist Matthew Burrows inspired many artists like me on paths otherwise untrodden via the social media platform Instagram. I ended up creating three projects for myself - 21 days in Isolation - Holding Series - and in November during the second lockdown, my Lucky Dip Project. I have produced more paintings than I ever have before in one year. The panic and isolation felt in lockdown put me in creative mode as there was nothing to do but paint and the pieces were small enough to pop in the post.

To view each project, please click on the image.

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21 Days in Isolation
#lesleybirch21days

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March/April 2020

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Holding Series
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June/July 2020

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Lucky Dip
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Lockdown 2
November 2020
I see, I hear, I feel ... I paint
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King & McGaw INTERVIEW with Lesley Birch 2021


"Birch has distilled her chosen imagery into a series
of well-considered shapes and forms linked with colour and texture
 
to make a moving visual image."

John Sprakes, RBA, ROI
on Lesley Birch,
The Artist Magazine Winner 2016


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  • Home
    • About
    • Statement
    • Clients >
      • King & McGaw
  • Recent Work 2021
  • Landscapes
  • Exhibitions
    • Previous Exhibitions
  • Galleries
  • Mailing List
    • Studios
    • Interviews
    • Courses >
      • 30 Paintings in a Day Course >
        • Lesley Birch on Film
  • Contact
    • Instagram
  • Past Work
    • Pandemic Projects >
      • Flashback for Lockdown
      • Lucky Dip for Lockdown
      • 21 Days Isolation Project
      • Holding Series
    • 2020-2018 Scotland
    • 2016 Into the Woods >
      • The Presence of Trees
    • Ireland 2018
    • 2017-2015 Stories of Land & Earth
    • Romantic Collection