Author Archives: Catherine Fraher

Catherine Fraher

About Catherine Fraher

Catherine used to work for companies like eBay, the Financial Times and FHM. Now she is bringing up her daughter, Eve, and finally getting round to all the books, films, exhibitions and travelling she never managed before. "Pleasure First!"

Jude Evans: Painting the family album

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I remember, when I was a little girl, on Sunday afternoons at grandma’s bungalow in Findon Valley, she would take a stack of photo albums out of the dresser and we would look at the [...]

South London Women Artists storm the South Bank

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It looked like a flash mob outside Bankside Gallery last Wednesday. In fact it was the opening of SouthLondonWomenArtists’ first big central London show at this South Bank gallery next to the Tate Modern. Over [...]

Dramatic landscapes, dramatic themes: Interview with Jude Evans

Interview by Susan Tebbutt When I went to interview landscape artist Jude Evans in East Dulwich the conversation took a dramatic turn … Jude grew up in Brighton in the 1950s and later moved to [...]

Of Pebbles and Stones: Interview with local sculptor, Jane Higginbottom

Interview by Susan Tebbutt as part of the SouthLondonWomenArtists project In Peckham’s Bellenden Road there is a Komoco Dragon pebble mosaic, designed by local sculptor Jane Higginbottom, [see image left, and http://www.contactarts.co.uk/projects.html], who has recently [...]

Up Close and Personal

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Reviewed by local artist Emily Rose Faludy as part of DPG Friends’ Celebration of South London Women Artists. View local artists’ work or add your own at www.southlondonwomenartists.co.uk The new show at Sartorial Contemporary art in [...]

Evoking a New Generation: Emily Faludy

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Susan Tebbutt interviews Emily Faludy as part of DPG Friends’ Celebration of South London Women Artists. View local artists’ work or add your own at www.southlondonwomenartists.co.uk Born in Portsmouth, Emily studied for a BA in [...]

Energy and charm: Meet Samara Couri

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Susan Tebbutt interviews Samara Couri as part of DPG Friends’ Celebration of South London Women Artists. Samara Couri bubbles with energy and charm. Born in Bulgaria, she has lived in London since she was 5. [...]

Green around the edges

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Day 71  Easiest £250 ever: Thought for the sake of completeness I’d wash on 40C, turn lights & appliances off, switch to low energy bulbs, use the dryer less and suddenly I’ve cut our energy consumption [...]

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