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The Owd Lasses have got too big...

Lockdown 2 has prompted a change of home for the Owd Lasses

The Owd Lasses have flown the nest on Instagram and taken up residence at https://www.instagram.com/owdlasses/  there was frankly too much moaning about having to share with boring landscape paintings 'once you've seen one view, you've seen them all' cried, well most of them actually. I suppose they are townies at heart,...

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Donny Osmond declared his love...

Asked recently what inspired my Owd Lasses...

In 1972 Donny Osmond released Puppy Love and I was sure he had written it for me. A few years later still swooning about him, my Grandma announced that Grandad had met Donny at 'the club' and he had in fact said he loved me and was sending a specially signed autograph as proof.  I was ecstatic and bragged at school so...

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Commission your very own 'Owd...

...immortalised on canvas they can't talk back !!

I have been asked if I do commissions of my 'Owd Lasses many times for retirement presents, birthdays  etc and have finally relented. I think customers get that these aren't portraits but more a wrestling onto canvas of the spirit of our treasured older folk, warts and all. So if you have an Elsie (or an...

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Exciting News for the 'Owd Lasses

The original 'Owd Lasses are looking for new digs...

The 'Owd Lasses are on the move with a special release of 3 originals for sale via my Etsy Shop https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SueDewhurstArtist  Each is painted in acrylic on boxed canvas and comes framed in a bespoke floating frame complete with metal tag for the caption. For each image there is also a backstory,...

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Inspiration strikes in the most...

Geordie Lasses

My 50th birthday celebrations have rolled on and on (still just about getting away with it) but we went to see The Specials in Newcastle, haven't been out on the toon for years- who knew it's trendy to drink out of vases ?! Anyway wandered down to the Sunday Quayside market via the Bigg Market, bit sad to see it with so many empty...

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