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Feminists amongst us should go see ‘Top Girls’ on at the National Theatre. Buy the programme - the synopsis of the lives of the historical women featured in Act 1 will give you enough to think about for about ten years and that’s even before the play unravels the rest of it’s questions around the sacrifices women make in order to have equal success in what is still a man’s world. In a week in which I’ve felt I had to decline an offer to work overseas (erm who’s going to look after the kids? The absent career-ex sure ain’t around to do his fair share so the sacrifice on the children’s well-being is one I’m not able to offer up); in which I’ve heard about divorced friends of mine taking jobs tens and tens and tens of thousands below their pay scale because ‘it fits in around the childcare’; spoken to others who feel furious, gagged and silenced when their not unreasonable requests for a bit more help around the house go ignored, I feel, frankly, really quite disconsolate about the lot of us women still. This play underlines that we still, seemingly, maddeningly, only have two choices: to concur to a life of a woman and the drudgery and sacrifices it frequently entails, or to act like the men - to make wholly selfish decisions based entirely on reaching goals, achieving success or just fucking off and doing their own thing (read Beverley Turner’s piece in the daily mail yesterday to understand more about that one) And if we challenge it? We get called ‘nags’ or ‘moaners’ or ‘being ungrateful’. Sometimes I wonder if we have made any real progress at all. Here a detail from Bruegel’s recently restored ‘Dulle Griet’ featuring Mad Meg who was one of the women who appeared in Act 1. A ‘griet’ was a disparaging term for any ill-tempered, scolding woman “Where two griets are in one house, no barking dog is needed”. Well I bark “woof woof” and “hear hear” to this remarkable play that will get your blood to boil. Go see.
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder ‘Dulle Griet’ #bruegel #dullegriet #nationaltheatre #topgirls #carylchurchill #feminist #feminism #artconsultant #barking

I often work with clients over a period of several years as budgets come and go! I was delighted to be asked back to this client 5 years after sourcing them this work to discover that they had subsequently sourced not only a sofa but a dog to match it! 😉😂 If you would like me to find work that matches your sofa or dog or you’d like the work first and pick the dog after then please do send me an email - details above. 😂
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#Repost @surfaceica .
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#instadog #dogsofinstagram #artconsultancy #printmaking #print #realartforrealpeople #interiordesign #interiordesigner #interiordecorating #interiorstylists #sittingroom #surface #inspirationalcontemporaryart #artconsultant #revisitingoldfriends

Grand National Day. Place your bets.
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Martin Parr ‘The Grand National 2018’ #thegrandnational #grandnational #martinparr #onlyhuman #nationalportraitgallery #betting #bets #bet #ibet #femalejockeys #artconsultant #gettingreadytowatchthegrandnational

A friend recently introduced me to the beautiful work of @franceskearneyartist. Working in series, each body of work is hauntingly beautiful and devastatingly emotional all at the same time. This work from the series ‘7 year olds still at play’ painfully reminds me just how fast my kids are growing up, it makes me look back nostalgically to when they were seven and still did ‘play’ and it makes me think about how everything went so wrong when my youngest was this age. Lost childhoods through the passage of time and a set of parents who really cocked things up. Urgh. This is photography at its most powerful and I look forward to this artists presentation at Photo London next month.
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Frances Kearney ‘Seven Year Olds Still At Play’ #franceskearney #photography #photolondon #femalephotographer #womeninart #childhood #lostchildhood #artconsultant #artadvisor #feelingnostalgic

I was in girl crush heaven last night sitting so close to brilliant and inspiring art gallerist Hannah from @tjboulting (featured left) and the super talented @junocalypso (on stage). Observing the close relationship of these two it made me think that behind every great female artist should lie a great female gallerist. And then I realised that behind every great female gallerist lies a great female art consultant because I was actually sitting right behind her. 😂 Now that I think about it though, most of my preferred go to galleries that I deal with are run by women or if not I only deal with the female directors. I don’t know whether I am drawn to their ‘eye’ and we therefore share the same sensibilities in art or whether I just like their straight no nonsense approach to business but this new sisterhood that I have now has been one of the most satisfying and least expected bonuses of my job. Love all you clever gals. You inspire me everyday and I love working with you all. 💕💕💕💕💕
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#louisawarfield_artconsultancy #junocalypso #tjboulting #tjboultinggallery #girlcrush #artcrush #women #sisterhood #artsisterhood #theartsisterhood #theartgorgeous #feministart #feministartist #womeninart #artconsultant #sittingrightbehindagreatfemalegalleristwithagreatnewhaircut #😘

Thanks to my pal @suzdutt for this.
This is not art but it’s a truth which is why I’ve posted it. It’s even better if you say it with an Aussie accent. 😂🌟😂🌟😂🌟
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#Repost @fourlittlecreatures
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#men #marriage #relationshipquotes #relationshipgoals #aussie #aussiewomen #doireallyneedthat #er #no #artconsultant #realisingshedidntneedahusbandatallafterall

Some paintings just etch themselves into your memory. I’ve revisited this pair in a proposal for a client and nearly two years after I first saw them I a) can’t believe how beautiful they still are to me and b) I see and experience them entirely differently from how I did the first time around. A very strange but lovely thing indeed.
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#Repost @louisawarfield_artconsultancy
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These gorgeous Jarays would look beautiful in an elegant sitting room somewhere in Chelsea. Or Kensington. Or Mayfair. Even Wandsworth. :) (note added: Especially Chiswick!) .
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Tess Jaray 'Citadel Light on Dark & Citadel Dark on Light' #art #contemporaryart #tessjaray #interiordesign #interiordesigner #sophistication #elegance #lessismore #chelseatownhouse #chelsea #mayfair #kensington #sittingroom #lilac #blue #styling #interiordesigner #offtobaseltoday #birthdayweek #giftofsobriety #rasummershow #royalacademysummerexhibition #ilovemyjob #artadvisory #artconsultant #revisting

I’ve met Turner Prize winning artists, had a selfie with Boris Johnson (in the days when I had a huge crush on him), another with John Major (still have a crush on him - the woman who called me The Tory Wife Number Two wasn’t wrong 😂), shared a first class cabin with David Walliams and I’ve even flirted with Richard Branson twice (which blonde hasn’t I hear you ask) but I don’t recall any of those meetings being half as exciting as meeting once of our very own National Treasures - Esme from The Great British Sewing Bee. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that my kids would find this very very funny - we were watching it only last week and they told me I was turning into Esme and that I was going to end up looking exactly like her in a few years time! Now I have scrutinised the likenesses I concur that they might be right! Scarf. Tick. Cross body bag. Tick. Bob. Tick. Likes a print. Tick. Likes a big ring. Tick. Just cross I left my red lippie at home last night. Thanks to the @landmarkartfairs for inviting me to their interesting Textile Fair ahead of their artist art fair in May at which I will be doing a couple of talks about buying and displaying art in your home. .
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#louisawarfield_artconsultancy #esmeyoung #greatbritishsewingbee #greatbritishsewingbee2019 #arttalks #artlecture #artlecturer #textiles #textileart #textilearts #textileartists #sewing #couture #sewingproject #sewingpatterns #sewpretty #artconsultant #inspired

This is what I do. I find beautiful art and place it in my clients homes. This work cost my client the same as if she had gone to the gallery directly so she gets the benefit of 15 years art world experience and interior art placement for free. If you want to have the ultimate safety net give me a call - we’ll probably rehang and reposition a few things around the house too 😊. Thank you Lauren for this beautiful image. Painting sourced from my other business @surfaceica.
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#Repost @atnumber16
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Day 20 : @myhousethismonth : THINK PINK 💗
Well that wasn’t hard for @atnumber16 ! Each room has either a hint or a splash of pink somewhere! Here’s the entrance hall...
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Gorgeous painting by the talented artist : @janewachman introduced to me by lovely @louisawarfield_artconsultancy of @surfaceica
Antique bench : @designersguild .
#myhousethismonth #thinkpink #ihavethisthingwithpink #janewachman #artist #artwork #abstractart #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #hallway #atnumber16 #laloves #lalovesblog #interiors #interiorinspiration #interiordesign #panelledwalls #shootlocation #locationhouse #popups #workshops #instachallenge #dailyinspo #interiorinspo #entrance #welcome #popofpink #artconsultant #ilovemyjob

Any of my clients lucky enough to have bought a Fran Mora work now have more than one reason to smile when they look at the work. Needless to say I have booked a studio visit in following my week @thebodycampibiza this April. Would anyone like to carry my bags?! Have I said before that I love my job? I love my job. 😂😂🤣🤣
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#Repost @fran_mora_art
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Hola Primavera! Continúa mi lucha 👊#art #studioart#body#spring#blackandwhitephotography
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#divorce #divorcedmum #divorcegoals #divorceparty #divorcefreedom #artistsoninstagram #iloveart #iloveartistsmore #happyclients #artisfun #havefunwithart #studiovisit #artiststudio #artconsultant #havingacougarmoment #😂😂😂

This week has been a week of very amazing universe karma. I obviously can’t talk about the specifics or it ruins the flow but it’s been joyous to be able help a few people and it’s been amazing to unexpectedly receive some gifts of the universe back. This story on this repost touched me. We can all do so much good if we share some love without expecting anything back. What will you do tomorrow to do your bit? .
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#Repost @jane.edden
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Best mail ever. A great side to Instagram after seeing my previous posts, a conversation stuck up, then wonderful and kind artists @hipkissart sent me a collection of stag-beetles mandibles that had been found on walks. Thank you, thank you what inspirational pleasure you have sent me today. Now the question is, do I spend this afternoon pairing them up. Look at the size of some of these beasts!
#stagbeetles #bestofinstagram #mandible #insects #lucanidae #nature #beatle #insectsofinstagram #minibeasts .
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#sharelove #dosomethingkind #killthemwithkindness #smallactsofkindness #smallacts #smallkindnesses #bekind #karma #karma #karma #karma #chameleon #bestsongever #artconsultant #slightlylosingit #buthappywithit

Ok ok ok. This had to be done. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 A number of people have pointed out that I seem to be developing an alter ego closely based around Zandra Rhodes and when I just thought it was the pink hair I wasn’t so sure. Turns out it’s much closer to the truth - we share the same taste in jewellery and we also both like to wear blue nail varnish. Uncanny in many ways. Slightly disturbing too but actually also actually very funny!!!! Now, where are my red boots? 😂
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Martin Parr ‘Zandra Rhodes 2011’ #martinparr #nationalportraitgallery #pinkhair #pinkhaircolor #zandrarhodes #minime #lookielikey #lookylikey #instaart #photography #contemporaryart #artconsultant #ihaveredbootstoo #foundhermuse #😂😂😂

Absolutely gorgeous to visit this home that’s been so effortlessly packed with colour and interesting artwork. Thanks to the talented @annamproctor and @proctor_and_shaw for opening up your home to us with @decorcafenet . I’ve been toying with painting the bottom half of my sitting room wall this colour and I am now tempted to go the whole hog! 😎
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#darklivingroom #livingetcuk #darkpaint #paintitdark #paintitbeautiful #paintitgrey #farrowandballdownpipe #farrowandballrailings #midcenturymodernart #midcenturymodernstyle #architect #architectlondon #londonarchitect #smallproject #residentialproject #artforresidential #artforhotels #artforrestaurants #artconsultant #toyingwithpaintingherfrontroomthesamecolour

Everything about this is beautiful to me. Colour. Composition. The thickening of the model’s waist (she must be 45). The slight pinking of her thighs (she must be 45). The slight loss of definition of the upper arm (she must be 45). The fact that she looks totally happy and relaxed and nonchalant in her body. She must be 45. Or 50. She’s not 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 or 40 that’s for sure. God it’s a relief to be over all that. .
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#Repost @clare_haward
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An oldie that I have been looking at again recently #nudeart #lifepainting #figurepainting #artistsmodel #oilpainting #artconsultant #happyinherskin #grateful

International women’s day. How better to celebrate it with this gorgeous watercolour titled ‘Fuck Baking’. I say here’s to ‘fuck baking, tidying, fuck changing the empty loo rolls, emptying the bins, cleaning, wiping down the sides, doing the washing, hanging the washing, folding the washing, ironing the washing, putting away the washing, doing the shopping, cooking the food, organising the school trips, costumes, poetry week, overseeing the practising of musical instruments, Kumon, definitely FUCK Kumon, oh the list of fucks does go on’. Yeah fuck being a woman quite a lot of the time. .
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Adam de Ville ‘Fuck Baking’ #adamdeville #fuck #fuckbaking #fuckwashing #fuckcleaning #fuckcleaningup #fuckfuckingpeopleyoudontlike #fuckchangingtheloorolls #fuckkumoneventhoughitworks #happyinternationalwomensday #artconsultant #boxinggloveson #boxinggloves #granny #grannies #grannyart

Here’s another fabulous project I was delighted to work on last year. Lauren has a beautiful house and a fabulous eye and has also just launched her blog which you must follow! Pictured here on the wall is a beautiful Jane Wachman work. We are showing her this week at the Affordable Art Fair and if you would like a ticket please email us at info@surfaceica.com. .
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#Repost @lalovesblog
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I just LOVE working with creatives! Gives me such a buzz.
So for those who don’t follow my @atnumber16 (apologies for doubling up for those who do), just wanted to share an exciting day we had yesterday with @thebrand_stylist in the house shooting her next online courses together with @katiespicerphotography and @hdmoments yesterday.
Such an inspiring day!
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more over on @atnumber16 stories and grid
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#laloves #creativedays #inspiringdays #thebrandstylist #branding #photoshoot #filming #onlinecourse #brandingcourse #locationhome #myrealhome #atnumber16 #lalovesblog #personalbranding #brandingphotographer #artconsultant #ilovemyjob

Hanging large art in a small room creates a feeling of intimacy and enveloping. This lucky client has leapt in and snared two absolutely beautiful Rebecca Morris works to do just that. The room which has little natural light and no windows now feels like it’s opening onto these beautiful skies - it feels glorious and I am a bit jealous. This client has a beautiful Farrow and Ball palette on her walls and none of us could believe just how special Rebecca’s work looked on them. I am showing Rebecca’s work this week with my business partner @surfaceica. It’s Rebecca’s first show in London and we are delighted to introduce her to our clients. If you would like a ticket to the affordable art fair please email us on info@surfaceica.com. .
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Art consultancy by @louisawarfield_artconsultancy. Work by @byrebeccamorris. Showing with @surfaceica from tonight.
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#louisawarfield_artconsultancy #largeart #largescaleart #artforsmallspaces #affordableart #affordableartfair #affordableartfairbattersea #artconsultantlondon #artadvice #interiorartdesign #artadvisory #picturehangingservices #artconsultants #ilovemyjob

Is this the most beautiful hospital corridor you have ever seen? I’ve just been reading about this clever, beautiful and sensitive 2000 tile installation in @craftsmagazine. In consultation with the patients (this is a mental health hospital) the artist responded to the need for bright uplifting palette as well as the need for the work to be tactile. I think it looks joyous. Art for people who need it the most. Well done Frances Priest. I think you should be very very proud of your work. .
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#Repost @francesprieststudio
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The Tiled Corridor

Commissioned by Edinburgh Lothian Health Foundation for The Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Created in collaboration with @cdjackfield
The work recalls a golden era of decorative architectural ceramics, responding to historical research into the Victorian interiors of Craig House Hospital.

Design: Frances Priest
Manufacture: Craven Dunnill Jackfield Ltd
Commissioned: Edinburgh Lothian Health Foundation
Sited: Royal Edinburgh Building & Robert Ferguson Unit at The Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Tiles: Over 2000
Area: Approximately 14m x 2.5m
Project Managed: Becky Brazil
Installation: PeterNavratil
Photography: @shannontofts Tofts & @theimagefactory1
Thank you to ELHF for giving me the opportunity to create this commission and to Craven Dunnill Jackfield for their patience, expertise and tremendous skill in working with me to realise the work. Thank you to Becky Brazil for brilliant project management, Peter Navratil for expert tiling and installation, Mervyn and Kate for stepping in at the last minute, Shannon Tofts & The Image Factory for fantastic photography, @artlinkedin for a much needed space to work. And most importantly, a huge thank you to the staff, patients and visitors at The Royal Edinburgh Hospital for all the encouraging comments throughout the installation and positive feedback now the work is complete, it really has made the whole thing feel very worthwhile.
#thetiledcorridor #royaledinburghhospitalcommission #artinhealthcare #designforwellbeing #artinhospitals #interiors #tiles #architecturalceramics #handmade #colour #pattern #detail #creativeedinburgh #ootbabbeymountstudios #holeandcorner #
Image: Royal

If you don’t follow him already then you should now. Justin from @design_at_nineteen is not only one absolutely gorgeous soul but has a fabulous eye and a juicy Instagram account. Here’s a work of the fab Harry Bunce on his wall. Work is available to buy - DM me or Justin if interested.
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#Repost @design_at_nineteen
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It’s been one manically busy Monday but in a good way of course 😄 A BIG thank you to ALL of you that took the time to share your ‘Before’ and After’s at the weekend, they were epic and I still have a few more to share with you! Keep them coming as I would still love to share more 🙌🏼
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Also, let me introduce to you “Sorry” - yes, that’s the name of that cute bunny above the bed! It’s a work of art by the talented @harrybunceart and each painting is a unique original edition as part of a larger series and this one is for sale so DM me if you’re interested! 🐰
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Have yourselves a wonderful evening and Hey 👋🏼 to all my new followers I hope I manage to keep you all inspired 😉
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[AD - this post contains a painting curated by @louisawarfield_artconsultancy and a throw and cushion that was previously gifted to me by @christy_home ]
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#harrybunce #harrybunceart #streetart #rabbitsofinstagram #originalart #urbanart #stencilart #bedrooms #bedroominspiration #bedroomdecor #bedroomstyle #interiordesign #interiorinspiration #interiordesigner #renovate #lovemyrenovation #brassdetails #interiorinspo #myhometoinspire #currentdesignsituation #interiorstyling #interiordetails #luxuryinteriorsonabudget #nestandthrive #fafffriday #bedroomdecor #bedroominspo #pursuepretty #artconsultantlondon

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