Local Stone based artist, Eleanor Heath, is to exhibit paintings from her recent ‘101 Dalmatian Days’ art project at the Flying Ducks Art Gallery, Stone.
For four days from Friday 30th April to Monday 3rd May 2021 Eleanor will exhibit 40 paintings out of the 101 works of art created during lockdown, for both the local and wider community to both view and buy.
The 101 Dalmatian Days project explores the life of Dottie the Dalmatian through a catalogue of 101 adventures with a humorous twist. Pieces such as Dottie’s Day out at the races (No. 61) Dottie’s Daiquiri Cocktail (No 43) Cycling Dottie (No 51) Dottie in Paris (No 83) Dottie goes camping (No 82) Beach Dottie (No 74) all explore themes of adventure that Dottie pursues with joy.
Artist, Eleanor Heath, said:
“Creating 101 works of art in 90 days was an enormous challenge but one that I have thoroughly enjoyed. I created the theme Dottie’s 101 Days as I wanted Dottie to have the freedom that I didn’t due to lockdown restrictions.
I imagined all the things that Dottie could do with her time and this kept my spirits alive for better times to come. I am delighted that the art is now being exhibited at the Flying Duck Arts Gallery for all to see. The perfect way to celebrate life returning to some kind of normal.”
Angie Ford-Burgess, Owner of Flying Duck Arts Gallery said:
“At Flying Ducks Art Gallery, we cannot think of a better way to reopen after the recent lockdown than to host this exhibition of Ellie Heath’s wonderful collection of Dottie the Dalmatian paintings. We are looking forward to welcoming customers both old and new into the Gallery where they can browse the art, meet Ellie and have a chat.”
Inspiration behind Dottie
The art project was inspired by a chance encounter with a dalmatian dog whilst Eleanor was out walking along the common plot, Stone, on a snowy January day. Eleanor was struck by the contrast of black dots of the Dalmatian against the bright white of the snow and captured the image on her phone.
The next day, Eleanor painted her first ‘Dottie’ and this followed with a couple more paintings. Eleanor was subsequently furloughed and with weeks of time to occupy herself, she embarked on painting 101 works of art along the theme ‘101 Dottie Days’ inspired by David Hockney’s Dog Days book.
The art project has now completed, and the paintings are available to view from 30th April to 3rd May 2021 at the Flying Ducks Art Gallery, Stone.
The Flying Duck Art Gallery is located at 44 Station Road, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8ES and will be open from 10 to 4pm on these days. Visitors are asked to adhere to the Covid regulations of one person viewing at any one time.
For further information about Eleanor Heath please visit https://eleanorheath.co.uk
