Lucy Caddel

Shropshire Tropicalia

vibrant art from the 'Shire

vibrant art from the 'Shire

View fullsize New Froots! Can you guess them all? A perfect persimmon (or Sharon fruit), a terrific tomato 🍅, a golden pear 🍐 and a pointy peach 🍑! Luscious Lemon and Ornamental orange and finally a ravishing radish! You can come and make these with me on Satur
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View fullsize Oh my goodness what a talented bunch I had this afternoon for my ‘hojalateria’ workshop at @drawncollective this afternoon! Resplendent results! Always a great joy to give everyone the same materials and see such individuality, skill and
View fullsize Thank you thank you THANK YOU to everyone who came to @drawncollective today and supported this fantastic art fair! What a great day!!! Oh happy day!! Thank you to everyone who said hi and said lovely things about my stand and my work and bought thin
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View fullsize Great night out at the excellent @typawb in Wrexham for the biennial open exhibition- I was delighted to have my massive painting ‘Toot your Own Horn’ 📯🎺 😂 selected from over 450 submissions (not least because the other two smaller pai
View fullsize My Art-on-a-plate students made these wonderful observational studies of baby (graffiti? )aubergines 🍆 or Baingan and Sour Gourds 🥒or Karela from the fabulous new @a2z.grocery in Shrewsbury - they really enjoyed the challenge of the contrasting tex
View fullsize 💡 🛋️ Playing around with colour and pattern- here’s a couple of hand-painted #brightbloomsbury lampshades 🛋️ 💡 I made one sunny day 🌞 - these and a bunch of other studio sale bits will be available from my stall @drawncollective on Saturda
View fullsize More fruity furniture 🪑 for your feed…. These bits of #brightbloomsbury are called ‘PEACH PERCHES’ 🍑- it’s a perch 🪑 for your peach 🍑. The square one (‘Do I dare to eat a peach?’ TS Eliot) is sold already, but
View fullsize On my stall this Saturday 16th November @drawncollective at @flaxmaltings I’ll be bringing along a selection of my ‘BRIGHT BLOOMSBURY’ painted furniture and homewares alongside all the usual paintings, wedgies, lucky amulets and cu
View fullsize 🔥 Wowee! My all new ultra glossy, vibrant, double-sided trifold 2025 brochure is looking 🔥 thanks to Nick and his awesome team @paperwrite_shrews -great framers, handy art supplies AND lovely flyers! Is there anything these guys can’t do? Ch
View fullsize This Christmas Craft workshop on Saturday 7th December is going to be so much fun! 🤩 Create up to 3 unique funky fruit/veg baubles for your own tree 🎄 or gift them to friends & family! You will develop your skills in a wide range of craft proce
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View fullsize Some GORGEOUS pomegranates from my art-on-a-plate classes in Shrewsbury this week! We focused on surface colour and texture - so glossy and juicy!!! Want to join in? Go to www.lucycaddel.com and check out the workshops available in my online shop or
View fullsize It’s a bit gloomy outside and the news 🗞️ isn’t great on TV! 📺 So why not give yourself something to look forward to 🌈 to kick off the festive season! 🎄 I have two Saturday day-long workshops coming up at the start of December- make o
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View fullsize So much going on right now!! Here are some upcoming IRL dates for your diary 📔 I’m at the fabulous @drawncollective fest @flaxmaltings in a couple of weeks on 16/17th November with a #shropshiretropicalia stall on the Saturday all day along wi
View fullsize 🍋 Thank you to everyone who stopped by my crazy lemon lady #shropshiretropicalia stall in the @_makersmarket Chester town hall yesterday! It was lovely to hear such positive feedback from people about my work IRL - overhearing folk pointing and look