by Toni Watts | Apr 10, 2015 | Blog
From June 27th to September 27th 2015 Lincoln will be hosting a unique exhibition. Across five sites – the Wren and Medieval Libraries of the Cathedral, the David P J Ross Magna Carta Vault, the Collection and the Usher Gallery – visitors will be able to...
by Toni Watts | Mar 28, 2015 | Recent Work
Here’s my latest illuminated page, a contemporary one this time. This lady was a life-drawing model at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam when we were lucky enough to visit last year. I thought at the time that she would make the perfect subject for a painting –...
by Toni Watts | Jan 25, 2015 | Blog, Workshops and demonstrations
I thought I’d just give you a quick update on my latest manuscript workshops. The manuscript illumination ‘taster session’ at the Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle, on March 7th is now fully booked. However, I’m running the same workshop...
by Toni Watts | Dec 31, 2014 | Blog
The perils of old age… It’s hard to believe that we are on the verge of a new year already. The latter stages of 2014 were fairly grim. My father (87 years old) fell and sustained a ‘life and limb threatening’ fracture of his thigh bone. He was...
by Toni Watts | Apr 4, 2014 | Recent Work
The inspiration for this new painting ‘Waggle Dance’, came from a delicious British Library manuscript of a grumpy bear with bees…. The idea buzzed around in my head for a while (my husband...
