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Two Poppy Paintings sold to collectors this week

Posted on May 6, 2016 by artbyjaxx

Amazing how things go – saying goodbye to not one but two poppy paintings this week! Continue reading →

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Poppy Collection by Smart Deco – inspired by series of painting by Jacqueline Hammond

Posted on November 8, 2015 by artbyjaxx

Very popular as fine art prints Smart Deco developed the print to produce designer art print fabric to make deckchairs, lampshades and cushions. The poppy is a striking motif and looks so vivid in this painterly style. Featured trend by … Continue reading →

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The History Society at Cronton Sixth Form College chose my painting as it represented a future of peace and hope

Posted on November 24, 2014 by artbyjaxx

How lovely. I feel very honoured. This is what making art is all about.

Just got a tweet from the History Society at Cronton Sixth Form College “who voted to fundraise for a memorial at the College, in honour of the 100 year anniversary of the beginning of World War One…

.. the students chose a print of a painting by artist Jacqueline Hammond for the memorial, titled ‘Opening Horizon’. The painting depicts a landscape of poppy fields below a large expanse of sky, which the Society felt represented a future of peace and hope. Continue reading →

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The making of ‘A Troubled World’ – Signification of the Poppy series by Jacqueline Hammond

Posted on August 11, 2014 by artbyjaxx

The Signification of the Poppy’ series began with a painting created for a web based competition in 2007 – ‘Seeking Picasso’ in which I was a finalist.

In week 3 the theme was ‘A Troubled World’ and the painting I produced was inspired by the situation in Afghanistan at the time and the metaphor of the poppy and its association with war.

Here are some images of the preliminary work behind the piece: Continue reading →

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Poppy cushions in Tyne and Wear’s Discovery Museum

Posted on April 15, 2014 by artbyjaxx

The Discovery Museum in Newcastle will be exhibiting and selling my Poppy Cushions in their gift shop to coincide with World War One Centenary events. Continue reading →

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Meet Nadine Rose – new stockist of Smart Deco by Jacqueline Hammond

Posted on April 14, 2014 by artbyjaxx

I’d like to introduce Nadine Rose who has become a stockist of my designs. We met at the trade show in Birmingham, where she took an interest in my work. She has just launched her boutique and online store http://www.nadinerose.co.uk. Continue reading →

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