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Welcome to my website
For detail about the ipaint4hope Charity art Exhibition, supporting Cancer Research UK, please click here.
Thank you for visiting and taking an interest in my original artwork which is divided into my latest work and various galleries of work; some sold original paintings are available as limited edition fine art (giclee) prints; various original artworks are also available as greeting cards.
It all began as a hobby which turned into something more. Initially, painting became a way of working through illness and nurturing recovery. Painting still nourishes my wellbeing but I now create art to increase my donations to cancer research!
I hope you will support me on this fundraising journey by browsing and enjoying; or buying something even just a card (if not now, maybe someday); or subscribing and coming back to see how this journey unfolds.
Even if you don’t buy please browse and enjoy my artwork; it would mean a lot if you subscribed and passed on the link to this page by email or social media. To subscribe scroll up to the box at the top of this page.
Art ￭ Purpose ￭ Hope - My art enables me to donate more to Cancer Research UK. Click the ipaint4hope button below for my fundraising update….
“The purpose of life is to discover your gift.
The work of life is to develop it.
The meaning of life is to give your gift away”
From my garden studio in Essex I work in a variety of mediums including watercolour, oil, acrylic, coloured pencil and ink.
Fundraising Donations to Cancer Research UK
My personal Cancer Research UK online ‘Giving Page’ - £1,525.04 donated as of March 2025.
2023 Sentinel Gallery ipaint4hope exhibition- £950 donated to cancer research via Relay for Life Colchester
2022 Frinton ipaint4hope exhibition - £3,465 donated to cancer research via Relay for Life Colchester
2020/21 - Relay for Life Colchester (The Curemakers team)- £2,182 donated to cancer research via Relay for Life Colchester
2014 -Relayfor Life Colchester (iwalk4life team) - £2,000 approx donated to cancer research via Relay for Life Colchester
Grand total donated to Cancer Research UK = £ 10,000 so far.
Exhibitions
‘Ypres Deja Vu’ - Permanent display at the Barracks Chapel in Colchester
2025
Ipaint4hope Charity Art Exhibition, 2-29 June 2025, Sentinel Gallery Wivenhoe
2024
Dedham Art Society, Charity Exhibition 25 Nov- 1 Dec 2024 Sentinel Gallery Wivenhoe
Colchester Art Society, Winter Exhibition, The Minories, 21st Nov to 22nd Dec 2024
Dedham Art Society, Summer exhibition. 21 - 27 May 2024 St Mary’s Church Dedham
Munnings Garden Cafe, April-October 2024
2023
Munnings Garden Cafe, April-October 2023
Dedham Art Society 13- 19th Nov 2023, Sentinel Gallery Wivenhoe
Ipaint4hope, Charity Art Exhibition, 6-12th Nov 2023, Sentinel Gallery Wivenhoe
2022
Ipaint4hope, Charity Art Exhibition, June & July 2022, Frinton-on-Sea2022
Ipaint4hope, Charity Art Exhibition, June & July 2022, Frinton-on-Sea
2021
Colchester Art Society, Winter Exhibition, We Are The Minories, 4Dec-22Dec 2021, Colchester
2019
Charity Art Exhibition, Lion Walk Church, Colchester
Dedham Art Society Summer Exhibition, Dedham
Colchester Art Society, Open Summer Exhibition, The Minories Gallery, Colchester
Brightlingsea Regatta Art Trail, Brightlingsea Sailing Club
Essex Rose Tea Rooms, Dedham
2018
Dedham Art Society Winter Exhibition, Colchester Library
World War 1 Centenary Art Exhibition, Dedham Parish Church, Dedham
Colchester Art Society, Open Summer Exhibition, The Minories Gallery, Colchester
Mersea Island Museum Annual Art Exhibition, West Mersea
A small selection of my prints, cards and kitchen linens are available to buy at the gift shop at The Mercury Theatre in Colchester.
I am always on the look out for exhibition and retail venues where I can exhibit my art or cards. If somewhere springs to mind, do please contact me by email at artbyirena.grazia@gmail.com Thank you 💜
Membership
Every sale supports cancer research. I have personally experienced cancer twice and I want to do my part to continue to support vital cancer research so that one day we will be cancer free. Click on the image to take you to my fundraising page.