Sophie Ploeg

The Veil, oil on linen, 70x60cm A very big work for my standards, but such fun to do. Got the frame ready, just need it to sit for a bit and to dry... This one piece of lace is providing me with quite a few paintings! More to come!

Its been a while since I posted here, I am sorry! I’ve been busy with this one, fairly large for my standards: Work in progress, 70x60cm, oil

Here are a couple of images taken at the SWA exhibition in London. Thank you Claire, for sending me some pictures.

I am happy to announce my painting ‘Yellow Scarf’ has won the Winsor & Newton Choice Award at the Society of Women Artists 150th Exhibition at The Mall Galleries in London ! Thank you SWA! Yellow Scarf, oil on linen, 40x50cm www.society-women-artists.org.uk www.mallgalleries.org.uk

SWA Society of Women Artists 2011 150th Celebratory Exhibition Thursday 30 June - Saturday 9 July 2011 Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 www.society-women-artists.org.uk

The old lace I got from a friend was too good to resist. As soon as I had it in the house I started playing with it. It is just beautiful. I try to evoke nostalgia and beauty in my fabric paintings. A hint of cultural things past. A timeless beauty that can easily delight in the 21st century. Feminine but not too pink, female but without the cleavage. It is a technical challenge to paint lace and silk but the technical aspect is always inferior to the vision I want to portray.

Oil on linen, 40x50cm finished for now. will post details soon.