Dr Who Saved My Life...
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| Cleo, c 1979 Oil on Canvas |
Cleo was Colin Baker's dog. I painted the dog's portrait as a thank you to Colin for saving my life. Yes, Dr. Who saved my life!
Colin Baker was appearing at The Theatre Royal Lincoln. During his time there we were both invited as guests to local RAF Station Scampton, along with our prospective partners to undertake training for a parachute jump.
I am not the best at heights but I ploughed on as usual and was the first up the ladder with Colin to follow behind me. Half way up (appx 100ft up!) my fear of heights got the better of me and I froze. Unable to tighten my grip I watched as my hands slipped off the rung of the ladder before my very eyes and could do nothing to stop it (I now know this is known in the stunt world as 'clinging', and there really is nothing you can do about it!). I screamed and just as I thought I was a goner Colin raced up the ladder and pushed me up the rest of the way (known as a 'pressage lift' in ballet, and in no short terms a stiff armed lift to the bottom!)
Without him I truly wouldn't be here today and so I painted his dog Cleo as a thank you gift and a constant reminder to him that I am eternally grateful.
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| Wellington, c 1976. Oil on Linen. Teri Anne Scoble |
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| Study of Wellington, Oil on Canvas Board |
Vince Cables Hair...
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| Vincent Cable MP in recess, 2010. Oil and hair on canvas. TAS |
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| Dr. Vincent Cable MP and Teri Anne Scoble at The Mall Galleries, 2010 |
This piece came about when I met Vincent Cable while I was campaigning for change in the licensing laws for child performers, a cause that I feel passionately about. I approached him to ask if he would sit for a portrait and he kindly agreed.
Painted during parliamentary recess it took took three sittings to complete. As with many other paintings I produce, I love to add texture to portraits. I was given a sample of the curtain fabric and three strands of Vince's hair to work some texture into the painting. Vince remarked that I was 'like Columbo, taking evidence' to add to the portrait. The thread from the curtain is embroidered into the painting and the hair is fixed into the oil paints.
Painted during parliamentary recess it took took three sittings to complete. As with many other paintings I produce, I love to add texture to portraits. I was given a sample of the curtain fabric and three strands of Vince's hair to work some texture into the painting. Vince remarked that I was 'like Columbo, taking evidence' to add to the portrait. The thread from the curtain is embroidered into the painting and the hair is fixed into the oil paints.
Exhibited in the Annual Hesketh Hubbard Exhibition at The Mall Galleries, London in 2010, Dr Vincent Cable in Recess was featured in the Daily Mail in 'Vince's Hair Raising Portrait' by Quentin Letts and City A.M. 'Hair Raising' by Victoria Bates.
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| Lydia in a Green Scarf, 22nd July 2011. Graphite and gouache on paper. TAS |
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| Wendolene, 13.02.09, watercolour on paper, Teri Anne Scoble |
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| James in Fornalutx, started 8th January 1986 - ?, oil on canvas and marine board, Teri Anne Scoble |
This painting has quite a story to it. Teri began painting James in Fornalutx at 10.30am on 8th January 1986, and to this day it hangs in her studio, being retouched and altered as she sees fit, "the running joke is will it ever be completed?!". Over the years the original canvas it was created on has broken and been pasted onto marine wood, which has then been cut and re-sized to where it is today. The light that reaches into the studio and falls on this unfinished painting reflects its meaning; a new life and a new day dawning.
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| Do You Like My Earring? c1996. Miniature. Oil on canvas board. Teri Anne Scoble |
