Sophie Ploeg

Just some pictures of work in progress....for your to enjoy...and to wonder what it is all going to lead  to since I cannot show you any complete paintings....yet..... A small 2 inch detail of a work in progress. I love painting silk! This is the underpainting stage.... with a small brush I add texture to turn the silk into taffeta silk Detail of a painting in progress.... Some reproduction goodies to be used in my costumes...

I am about to submit some paintings to open exhibitions so everything had to be framed and labelled, polished and dusted. Some of my frames come from Frinton , who makes the frames by hand, finished off to a very high standard. At other times I ask my local framer, Claire , to make a frame for me, which she always chooses and finishes perfectly. Fingers crossed now that these will get accepted into these open exhibitions! Small Blue, framed in black/gold frame. The painting itself is only 13x18cm Silk & Lace, framed in black/pewter. The painting is 40x50cm excl. frame,  55x65cm incl. frame.

Frontage of the Unicorn Gallery in Wilmslow, Cheshire I have delivered 2 new paintings at the Unicorn Gallery this week. If you’re local, do drop by and have a look. Let me know what you think. They are in the centre of Wilmslow on Water Lane, but  they also have a gallery in Widnes, on Victoria Road. Unicorn Gallery, 1 Kings Court, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AR http://www.originalpaintings.com Delicates, oil Silk Dress, oil

My red silk/black lace painting is progressing. Still plenty more work to do. It is a bit of a learning curve for me as this black lace is very dense and so I cannot paint the pattern of the threads very well. Other methods are required! Plenty more work to be done on all areas!

Currently on the easel; red silk and black lace....