About
Me My name is Lorraine Hewitt, I was born in 1972 and have lived in Maidstone all my life, although on 15th May 2010, I will become Mrs Oakman and will be relocating to Hastings to live with my partner Neil. I became a Christian in 2006 and thoroughly enjoyed being part of the huge family at The Beacon Church, Shepway and am now attending St Helen's Church, Ore, Hastings. I have made many new friends who are fully supportive in everything I do. I see this adventure in starting the website fairs and Artography Images business, as an opportunity to share my creative gift with others. I have always been interested in "doing" something with my hands, be it art, embroidery, photography, making models, or even getting mucky under the bonnet of a car! My Art I have always "doodled" from a young age, passed GCSE Art and have continued to practise. I took a 6 week basic course in watercolour, spent about a year gaining experience and knowledge at Novus Studios in Wateringbury, Kent, where some of the work here on the site was produced and otherwise am self taught. I have been inspired by many artists and some of the images on the site are based on works by the greats, including Claude Monet, Andre Derain and Turner to mention just a few - details are mentioned under each image if so. I have no real preferred style, I just try to create something that is on my heart, or inspires me and hope that it will touch others in some way. I have recently started working on some imagery relating to biblical text e.g. The Vine, and where this is the case I have noted the scripture under the image. This particular area of art expression is very new to me and I am enjoying expanding it a great deal. My most recent piece of work "Faith", the cross on the hill, is based on a photograph I took whilst at Lee Abbey in Devon. My Photography With my photography, I always enjoyed taking my camera away on school trips and holidays and it is since around 2006 that I discovered a major passion for it. I love how you can capture the unusual and other types of images that people may see, yet still miss. I like all types of photography from still life and flowers, to portraits and the big expanse of landscape. I also like to create effects on images using computer softward to bring a different feeling to the shot. I joined The Beacon Church Camera Club 2 years ago and then joined Tovil Camera Club, and with relocating, will be joining Ore & St Helens Camera Club in Hastings. It is great to be challenged with others, learn from the experienced and help those new to digital photography, I would recommend it to anyone. I hope the above has given you insight to who I am, a bit of history and what "makes me tick", and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via the link at the top of the page. May you be encouraged, uplifted, inspired or touched in some way by what you see during your visit. Many thanks, Lorraine |
