https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/18/doreen-fletchers-early-drawings-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 04 Oct 2025 20:46:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/18/doreen-fletchers-early-drawings-x/#comment-1816251 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 20:46:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204099#comment-1816251 I have been a great admirer of Doreen’s work for a few years now. Superb artist who really captures the essence of her subjects.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/18/doreen-fletchers-early-drawings-x/#comment-1787822 Sat, 30 Aug 2025 19:19:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204099#comment-1787822 I love Doreen’s drwaings as much as her paintings, which I had the pleasure of saeeing at the Nunnery Gallery. Thank-you for this post.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/18/doreen-fletchers-early-drawings-x/#comment-1780812 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 18:39:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204099#comment-1780812 ]]> Love Doreen’s pictures and memories, especially Paddy the dog 😂

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/18/doreen-fletchers-early-drawings-x/#comment-1779225 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:19:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204099#comment-1779225 Doreen has such a gift – her paintings and drawings capture something very special.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/18/doreen-fletchers-early-drawings-x/#comment-1779103 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:06:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204099#comment-1779103 Bricks! Brilliant bricks! No-one draws such brilliant bricks!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/18/doreen-fletchers-early-drawings-x/#comment-1778680 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:00:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204099#comment-1778680 I love the elements of POP ( Disney characters) and OP( Dizzy- making traction engine wheels) in the fairground drawing….any chance of a reprint of Doreen Fletcher’s book….or even a new collection ! ?

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/18/doreen-fletchers-early-drawings-x/#comment-1778574 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:12:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204099#comment-1778574 Loved the story about the dog Paddy. I really like Doreen’s style and these drawings are excellent.
Thanks for sharing!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/18/doreen-fletchers-early-drawings-x/#comment-1778504 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:42:14 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204099#comment-1778504 Such amazing talent and such history. I love all the pictures shown here.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/18/doreen-fletchers-early-drawings-x/#comment-1778491 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:31:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204099#comment-1778491 Thoroughly enjoyed seeing Doreen’s work. The details are amazing.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/18/doreen-fletchers-early-drawings-x/#comment-1778476 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:56:36 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204099#comment-1778476 “House in New Ashfields” — I took a full stop as I studied this image. Like the other locations, the sidewalk and street are well-swept, and we have a feeling of a “tended” home environment. Everything seems quite in order, nothing to jar the senses. Yet — that notable white shape rests on the walkway. Hmmmmm. My eye goes back and forth, from the mail slot to the shape. A wayward letter? Possibly, a long-awaited letter. It has slipped out of the mail carrier’s pouch, and fallen to the herringbone-patterned sidewalk. It seems incomprehensible that no one has discovered it and picked it up. Yet.

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