THE French connection is strengthened at Hambly

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New York. and trained in Brussels and Eton, and for whom Brexit seems more like wheezing than a cause. He was condescending to EU negotiators, who found his threats to exit theatrical and childish. The old guards of the diplomatic service are more cruel: they take him for a mediocre. No big surprise, says a former colleague. “They hate his guts, because he proved them all wrong and destroyed their life’s work.” ■Ever stronger French connections at the Hambly & Hambly gallery


& Hambly with the recent gallery visit of Wendy York, president of The Ch̢teau Society in Dampierre-sur-Boutonne Рthe village in France in which the French John Richardson residency will take place next summer.

Last week, Wendy, one of the 10 judges for the John Richardson French Residency Award, made a whirlwind trip to Enniskillen to visit the Hambly & Hambly Gallery at Dunbar House and see the work of the finalists in situ.

Speaking to The Impartial Reporter on her first visit to Fermanagh, which she job function email database described as “absolute joy”, Wendy commented on the work of the 40 finalists, describing the collection as “very impressive and very diverse”.

She continued, “The styles, the medium, the techniques – for me to see it [in person], it’s so much easier for me to form impressions, because seeing it in 2D on a screen, you have no idea of ​​the scale or depth.

“How the brush stroke was done, and the colors, of course, are so much more vivid when you see them live,” said Wendy, who before her retirement taught art history and architecture in colleges and universities, and therefore is familiar with grading student artwork and what to look for.

“It was great for me to see and I walked around the gallery twice, just to confirm what I was thinking first, then I changed my mind about some things, under different lights, from different angles.