Sophie Ploeg

Elizabeth's Dress, oil on canvas, 30x25cm

This painting is finished. It is 28x48" or 70x120cm. This is the top bit, if you want to see the rest of the painting, then please come to my Open Studio Days where it will be on display! Eurydice Enters the Underworld, oil on canvas

My Open Studio and Painting Exhibition is in early May. It is part of the Severn Vale Art Trail where local artists and crafters open their doors for the public. I hope you can come and visit. Drop me a line and I'll send you a map and directions (I'd rather not put my address here online) There will be lots of original paintings to see, most for sale, greeting cards (hand drawn and printed), prints, and plenty of little lace goodies. You can can come and have a chat, see my materials (paints, lace and fabrics etc). I will also have some portraits on show. If you are interested in commissioning a portrait, do not hesitate to ask how, how much, when etc. Pop in, any time between 10 and 5 on Sunday 5 May, 6 May (Bank Holiday Monday) or Sunday 12 May (last day). Be early if you want choice!

I had these drawings framed in a nice grey hand painted frame.  Prices for these range from £375 to £650 Eurydice is sold

The ultimate Salon des Refusés, where almost all of the best figurative/realistic portraits of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands come together. An exhibition of portraits opens 28 April and runs until 31 August. Grote Kerk in De Rijp, Holland. Hans Verbeek's oil painting of Beatrix Jos van Riswick's oil painting of Beatrix. My oil painting of Queen Beatrix Picturesque De Rijp in North-Holland

A new one off the easel.... Enveloped, oil, 60x40cm

I've been fairly busy with creating small drawings for my greeting cards, and making small reproductions of my paintings. The initial cause of this was my upcoming Open Studio Days (where cards are always popular) but I have now opened an Etsy online shop where you can buy cards, prints and other goodies (see in the right side bar). Of course you can still get those direct from me as well. For my Open Studio (5,6 and 12 May) I enjoy the preparations of providing something new, something affordable and something enjoyable for visitors, besides my paintings of course! I am making all sorts of little goodies for lace lovers and art lovers alike. Can't possibly show them all here - it will have to remain a bit of a surprise until the Open Days. Suffice to say it is all lace related. I am really diving into the history and variety of antique lace at the moment. Browsing the internet, reading books etc. Victorian and Edwardian lace is still very much around these days, but the...