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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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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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