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Art & Design by Nancy Farmer, all of a watery nature

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Lucy

I usually swim with Lucy at Clevedon Marine Lake. A fantastic and free facility but the lake is topped up…

aluminium leaf, art, commissions, Metal leaf, metal leaf on paper, swimmer painting, swimming, underwater swimmer, Vobster
Maeve Mulcahy - Fastnet to Baltimore swim

Maeve Mulcahy, first woman to swim Fastnet to Baltimore

“Many years ago, a very wise young man, Owen O’Keefe, a.k.a. Fermoy Fish, said to me, always remember if you’re…

art, commission, digital drawing, Fastnet to Baltimore swim, Maeve Mulcahy, open water swimming
'Ghislaine' detail1

Ghislaine

Apologies for the lack of swimming scribbles, I have been devoting time to some swimming paintings instead. Some of these…

art, commissions, metal leaf on paper, painting, palladium leaf, swimmer painting, swimming
Sophie Apnée‎ in Paris, photo by Manon of Blue Parallax

Distant snowflakes

My snowflakes / swimflakes hats are getting about a bit, I just wanted to show you a couple of photos…

ice swimming, swimflakes hats, swimming hats
How to get into Cold Water

How to get into Cold Water

A few tried and tested methods… Some enter the water while raising arms in an attempt to remain as dry…

art, cold water swimming, digital drawing, drawing, swimming
Portishead Popsicle swim cap

Portishead Popsicle swim cap

Behold the Portishead Popsicle swim cap! I think I got most of the important things into the picture: The water…

art, design work, Portishead Popsicle, swim cap, Swimming hat
Emma's swimmer tattoo

A Swimmer Tattoo

It’s not often people ask me for artwork they are going to wear for the rest of their lives, so…

art, drawing, swimmer, swimmer drawing, swimmer tattoo
The Duck Thermometer

The Duck says it’s 9 degrees

…But we think it’s much warmer. My thermometer claims it’s nearly 10.5. Winter swimmers will understand the difference. Once it…

art, cold water swimming, digital sketch, drawing, duck thermometer, thermometer, winter swimming

It was summer, only just now…

The first leaves began to fall, it seems like only yesterday. It was a few weeks ago in fact when…

art, cold water swimming, Cumbria, Derwent water, drawing, Lake District, outdoor swimming, Ullswater
The Great Crab Release

The Perils of Half Term Holiday Swimming

It helps to know when the school holidays are, if only because the traffic is different and sometimes everyone heads…

art, Clevedon Marine Lake, cold water swimming, crabbing, crabs, digital drawing, drawing, swimming

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