The Art and Life of Leslie Winchcombe

2009-11-09T13:50:00.000-08:00

Hi, its been a while since Ive been on here, Les's work is currently on sale in Marlborough, Wiltshire where I hope that it will generate some interest, he used to have work displayed here before, so it was only fitting that I secured a small area within a craft environment to redisplay it. Have been getting some more of our photos and albums up together and added a few to this blog, Ryan & Becky's baby (Riley) due any day now also and Ryan due to collect his Duke of Edinburgh award from the Palace tomorrow, They make me so very proud.

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2009-04-19T10:08:00.000-07:00

Hi, last week our local paper, the Andover Advertiser did a feature on Leslie's artwork, it certainly seemed to bring it to peoples attention and i received a lot of very positive feedback from it, I really hope that this is the start of it taking off.

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2009-03-05T06:43:00.000-08:00

Hi, busy getting all the artwork up together now, the local press are going to do interviews/photographs with me after ive been to the photoshoot at Henley next week, it all seems to be coming together, I just hope now that it all takes off ok.

2009-03-01T06:29:00.000-08:00

Hi again, some more pics as promised, if you are new to the blogsite please do read the older posts as they explain a little bit of what this site is about and also some more fantastic pics. Thank you. Enjoy.

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2009-03-01T03:57:00.000-08:00

Hi, havnt been able to get back to add to the blogsite due to other responsibilities etc, I have recently been contacted by Joanne Sinclair,www.jojojewellery.me.uk, who viewed Leslie's artwork on the blogspot and on www.folksy.com and has invited me to the Henley on Thames art trail which runs for 3 days over the bank holiday at the end of May 2009, in addition to that I'm attending a gallery/photoshoot with selected pieces of the artwork later on this month as there will be a large press coverage there and it will be an opportunity for me to perhaps make new contacts as well as exhibiting incredible artwork. I have also posted some new pictures on the blogsite, both of etchings and of watercolour paintings that Leslie also did from time to time, though they came later in life, I hope you enjoy, Im also hoping that a card company/manufacturer will contact me with regard to using the artwork, with a view to a percentage going to a cancer charity.

2008-10-25T09:12:00.000-07:00

Hi, my name is Agnes Winchcombe & i've set this blogspot up as a memorial to my late husband Leslie Winchcombe who sadly lost his battle with cancer in June 2008. These etchings are a very small sample of his tremendous artwork & the quality and detail in every picture that he did would be hard to better. Leslie had no formal art training of any kind, in fact, the etching came about through his time in the merchant navy where he used to "scratch" out pictures on the back of tobacco tins using just a nail. During the 1960's, Leslie's art really took off, he was featured in many local exhibitions, and newspapers. He was featured on television in the 1970's and the Country Gentleman Magazine used one of his etchings every month for their forewood. We have many cuttings books filled with letters etc from agents, newspaper reviews, and letters from people all over ther world who had requested his etchings. During the 1990's pictures and prints were sold at craft shows but soon after the market began to dry up in the age of digital prints and computers. This is why i want to bring his work to the fore again and share it with other people, it deserves to be seen and admired. Please feel free to contact me via the blog or my e-mail, wildlifeetchings@yahoo.co.uk if you have any queries or just want to see more art. Thank you.