SCARECROWS AT TRUNCH

In England we have a tradition of opening gardens to the public to raise funds for charity and also in East Anglia there seems to be a tradition of scarecrow festivals. Do you have these made from old clothes stuffed with straw in fields in your country? Smacks of Wizard of Oz!! This is all leading to me asking whether you remember I was preparing paintings for the forthcoming Church Roof Fund Sculpure Trail and Art Exhibition in the village of Trunch ( I already posted the two pieces I did of the church in Trunch village). I went along to the village to their combined Open Garden with Scarecrows event in July to get inspiration for two further paintings.

I fell in love with all the amazingly created scarecrows in the beautiful gardens, from which I chose two to create ink and watercolour paintings. Well, at long last here they are. Lots of fun to paint. I simplified the background gardens a little and adjusted the compositions slightly. The crows might look funny, but I copied the fact that they had been made with plastic drinks bottles!!!


Sleeping on the job with crows

Lady Scarecrow having tea in the garden

Weren't they clever ideas? Afraid I can't remember which gardens either of them were in or the people who created them, but I hope they come to the exhibition in the Rectory Gardens (paintings in a marquee) this coming weekend and see how they inspired me.