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Marie Primrose Shrigley
Marie exhibited her work in her first solo show at the Llandudno Library in North Wales, which closed on the 14th of March 2004.
She has also exhibited at the Advice gallery in Norwich.
"I started painting late in life.
Initially I felt my work was too naïve and so I gave up trying for a time. Undeterred though, I enrolled on an Art and Design course at the Guild Hall University in London, but found the stress made me unwell and so I decided to work in isolation at my studio at home.
Then, last year, I discovered the New British Naïve Artists Association which made me realise that I am but one struggling artist amongst many others, whose work is proudly naïve in style only.
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"A Day off School"
Oil on paper 23" x 16.5" (unframed)
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"Memories of the 1950's"
Oil on paper 20" x 16" (unframed)
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My paintings depict almost surreal caricatures of the Welsh landscape conjured from out of my imagination and images from my childhood in Liverpool during the 1940's.
I first came to Wales as an evacuee during the Second World War and little did I imagine that I would one day make the land of my grandfather my cherished home.
I dedicate this exhibition to my family, for their enduring love and encouragement".
Marie Primrose Shrigley
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Marie Primrose Shrigley was born in Liverpool. The people were very friendly, always ready to do a good turn. During the war she was evacuated to north Wales. She left school at fourteen and became a trainee window dresser.
Marie married in 1954 and later had three children. Her husbands work in design and development took the family to various countries, including Australia and South Africa.
Marie always wanted to paint, but lacked the confidence. Her husband encouraged her to give it a try but Marie disliked her 'naïve' results.
Marie later read the Mister Denham article and this encouraged her to carry on in her own style. She now lives in north Wales, which she finds a magical place to live. The pictures she paints are scenes that have inspired her, but they are imaginary. Her grandfather was Welsh and so she feels an affinity with her adopted land.
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