Art in the Heart_Peterborough

Last night was the launch of the Art In The Heart project at Peterborough's Tourist Destination Centre. It has taken a couple of months to get to this point so it was nice to see it finally arrive.
For my part it is the first time
I have had my work presented as a greeting card, which is a bit surreal. The work I have produced for  this venture is the Peterborough Cathedral images discussed in a previous blog post. As I have just got switched onto the Instagram app a couple of days before I decided to create some work during the show using it, as Dawn had asked if any us could do some live work or demonstrations.
I took some photos of the cathedral as I walked there, the shop is next to it, and used those during the show.
Enjoy!

Medeshamstede, artwork from Peterborough Cathedral

This series of 12 images are inspired by Peterborough Cathedral.

"Medeshamstede" was the Anglo-Saxon name for the

7th century monastery founded at this location. 

"Medeshamstede"  also gave it's  name to the
village which later  become Peterborough.

This set of work came about as part of the "Art in the Heart"
project run by Dawn Birch-James for the
Peterborough Tourist Information Centre.

Medeshamstede #5

I have wanted to produce some proper work based on this
astonishing building for as long as I can remember,

and have done bits and pieces based on it, outlines, rough ideas
and so on,but never sunk my teeth into the challenge.

Dawn asked me if I would like to get involved, and that

it was based on Peterborough landmarks, so it seemed
 the perfect timeto put some energy into the idea.

Medeshamstede #8

The original photograph is my own, so there are 12

images in the series and the original photograph they all come from.

The actual size of these pieces starts at 22" x 23"  upwards.

The original photograph was taken on Feb 21st, 2012.

To buy cards and prints of these images, or for more details
and work by other artists in the project follow the link below;

Art in the Heart

to see all 12 pieces in the Medeshamstede Series  visit my website

www.lukepayn.org.uk

Medeshamstede #10