Doreen Fletcher

‘Sunday Morning, Maryland’ 2026 On display in my next exhibition’Corners’ at Townhouse, 5 Fournier Street, Spitalfields, E1 6QE June 13- July 5 @thegentleauthor @ahistoryinart @PaintingsinLondon

'Last Orders at the Still and Star', Aldgate (2021) by Jonathan Madden maddenlondon.com

Profound Silence, from Fetes Galantes: watercolour and pencil

Good evening. This week's theme was People of London. Hope you enjoyed it. Take a look at the timeline over the last week for full details of these and the rest of the featured pieces.

Good morning! This week's theme is Pubs and Bars 🍺🍷 ----- 'Summer Sun, The Holly Bush, Hampstead, London' (2023) by Alan Lancaster alanlancaster.co.uk

@marydsmyth @John_Dabell As someone who has lived nil by mouth for 19 years, I totally agree with you Mary. In the early days I was mortified by the looks I got injecting water, coffee or wine in public. Now I couldn’t give a damn! Nor should John 😊.

@John_Dabell Perhaps you are overthinking it and being too considerate of others, John? Take what you need on any excursion (like others carry a water bottle and wet wipes). Sit down and put fluid into your PEG tube. Sod what people think.

What do you do when you are thirsty? You have a drink, unless you are nil by mouth. Today is the hottest May day on record in the UK, but when you cannot swallow, hydration becomes a logistical exercise instead of a basic human reflex. I cannot just grab a bottle of water or sit in a café and cool down. Every drop of fluid has to be syringed directly into my stomach through a tube and believe me, that is not easy when you are out and about. You need clean hands, clean equipment, time and privacy - somewhere dignified to stop and hydrate without feeling like a medical procedure has hijacked your day in public...and to avoid people staring! People see the sunshine. They do not see the calculations behind survival. Hot weather for most people means inconvenience but for us nil by mouthers, it can become dangerous very quickly. The reality of head and neck cancer is that even something as basic as quenching thirst is no longer simple.

'The Flask Exterior, Hampstead' (2016) by James MacKinnon jamesmackinnonfineart.com

'Low Tide at Trouville.' (1894) It is fascinating to contemplate the beach paintings of Eugene Boudin and consider what might have happened had he not met the teenage Monet and suggested he try painting landscapes instead of the caricatures he'd done to that point.

Malcolm Drummond. (British, 1880-1945) "Hammersmith Bridge" n.d. Oil on canvas

A new painting... The Naturalist's House Oil on Canvas 80x60cm

Figures in the city Denver, Colorado, 1984 Silver gelatin print #streetphotography #photoamerica #americanphoto #America #USA #Denver #Colorado #woman #car #vintagecar #automobile #city #urban #urbanlandscape #sidewalkstories #festival #fair #blackandwhitephoto #mono #film #bnw

'The Fulham Football Club' by Ruskin Spear (1911-1990) (Private collection)

Sweetpeas from Columbia Road Market this morning

'On the Beach,' (1891) was one of Maurice Denis' first experiments in capturing the elusive quality of how light moves on the surface of water; a source of constant inspiration as he focused on themes for pictures during summer holidays on the Brittany coast.

St James's Park, 1912 Malcolm Drummond (UK, 1880 - 1945)

@Anya33440265 @thegentleauthor @ahistoryinart Thank you very much Anya. Maryland is a small district close to Stratford in East London. It even has its own rail station on the Elizabeth Line

@DFletcherArtist @thegentleauthor @ahistoryinart I LOVE your pictures, the content & the style & the execution. There's so much to notice here ... I love all the angles & textures & lifelike details. Why is it called 'Maryland' (I think of the usa) please? Wish I lived near enough see them in the flesh.

‘Sunday Morning, Maryland’ 2026 On display in my next exhibition’Corners’ at Townhouse, 5 Fournier Street, Spitalfields, E1 6QE June 13- July 5 @thegentleauthor @ahistoryinart @PaintingsinLondon

Dorrit Black is a significant painter in Australia for bringing a form of cubism to the country in the late 1920s. This picture shows the village of Mirmande in the Drôme Valley, France, where her mentor André Lhote founded a summer art school.

THE WAITING HOUSE: A Novel in Stories 🕰 ⏰ After 40 years, Ava Elisabeth returns "home." But why? Lee is shocked to see his neighbors sliding down walls. Carolyn waits for her vintage TV prince to come. 📺 👑 mybook.to/WaitingHouse 📕 #KU ✨#LitFIc

House On The Rocks, St Lunaire Brittany: watercolour and pencil 🇧🇪

'The Concerto', Queen's Hall, Langham Place (c.1935) by Cyril Power