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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sketching at @chestercathedral.bsky.social - inspiration for my growing range of Chester Cathedral paintings & prints. See more at juliecolclough.com , buy direct from my studio gallery on Watergate Row & also from the cathedral shop.

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

A lot can change in a month, from snow to a heatwave. We were incredibly lucky to explore the Norwegian fjords recently & as always I made an illustrated diary of our trip. It’s currently on display in our #chester studio gallery along with a few new paintings, drop in & take closer look.

Sketchbook of Norwegian fjords drawn from our cabin window

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Heritage Chester @heritagechester.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Think you know Chester? ❓👀 Put your knowledge to the test at The Great Big Chester Quiz! A one-of-a-kind fundraising quiz night hosted by Sh*t Chester. 📍 Chester Picturehouse | Sun 31 May 🎟️ Book here: buff.ly/a1AnIKy #ChesterHeritageFestival #CHF2026 #Chester

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

We have been busy in our gallery in the heart of Chester meeting new customers & greeting regular collectors. Pop up to The Rows this weekend & see what’s new. We are back from our latest travels with sketchbooks full of inspiration. Browse the current collection of paintings from Chester to China.

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Heritage Chester @heritagechester.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Chester Heritage Festival opens 23 May with a full day of FREE talks & films at @ChesterPicturehouse Russell Kirk on 20 years of parades. Vikings. Ben Kane on Spartacus. And Sh*t Chester: The Movie to close (18+ strictly). Book here 👉 buff.ly/ds53Xni #TalkingChester #ChesterHeritageFestival

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Who parked that train there?! Almost finished my sketch when the train arrived and blocked my view. (Story of my life 🤣) Looking forward to more sunny days. We have been travelling by train alot recently including the bullet train Tokyo to Kyoto, watch this space for more travel sketches & paintings

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

What a privilege yesterday to sketch in the magnificent Chester Town Hall. Join our free monthly Chester Urban Sketchers meetings. Follow our Insta or FB pages for more sketches, & details of our forthcoming sketching locations. #urbansketchers #chesterurbansketchers #chester #chestertownhall

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A busy day for #Chester with the opening of Harrods new H Beauty store on Eastgate Row, and this evening the launch of the visually stunning Museum of the Moon at @chestercathedral.bsky.social So lucky to have all this on our doorstep.

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Heritage Chester @heritagechester.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Our passionate volunteers and re-enactors transform Chester's streets into living classrooms, sharing stories that shaped our city with authenticity and heart. Help us create even more living history events in 2026. Back us on @Spacehive👉 www.spacehive.com/heritageches... #Chester #HeritageForAll

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Heritage Chester @heritagechester.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

"Chester doesn't do enough to celebrate its' heritage!" - A common complaint from the community heard by Sh*t Chester. Enter...Us. 💜 Please support our crowdfunding campaign and donate today. Even just £1 can go a long way! www.spacehive.com/heritageches... #Chester #Community #ChesterEvents

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Do you want to help and encourage young artists? There are still a few weeks left to enter the Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize Chester. The chosen artworks will be exhibited at Chester Cathedral. I'm delighted to be one of the judges this year. www.sovereignartfoundation.com/sp-chester/

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Visiting the Hokusai Museum last year was fascinating, especially seeing the recreation of his studio. My Japan sketchbook is bursting with ideas that are influencing my current work. If you’re visiting Chester Rows this weekend check out the current painting on the easel… or watch this space!

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

When it’s snowing in Chester the best place to be is on The Rows….

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Huge thanks to everyone who has bought paintings and prints in December, we love hearing your stories and reasons for connecting to a painting. Lots more to see, come up to Watergate Row, Chester this weekend. juliecolclough.com #northwales #newboroughforest #llanddwyn #llanddwynisland #anglesey

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Llanddwyn Island (Ynys Llanddwyn)

Llanddwyn Island (Ynys Llanddwyn), Newborough, Anglesey, a new painting in our Chester gallery by Julie Colclough.

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

From start to finish, sketching on location to the finished painting in our studio gallery on The Rows #chester www.juliecolclough.com

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

A peep inside our gallery & artist’s studio on The Rows #Chester. Browse a range of unique paintings, all painted here on Watergate Street. We are celebrating our 7th Christmas up on Watergate Row and would love to see you. Appointments welcome, or drop in whenever you see the ‘Open’ sign.

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Christmas sketching in #Chester Market: people, perspective, hot chocolate and the fab Lego display. Meanwhile back in our studio & gallery on Watergate Row South where we have a fantastic range of local paintings & prints, plus North Wales, the Lake District & Europe. www.juliecolclough.com

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Lots to explore in our studio & gallery on Watergate Row South. #Chester Christmas cards and original paintings large & small. Buy or reserve your favourite for Christmas, direct from the artist’s studio on The Rows. Pop in if you see the ‘Open’ sign. Appointments welcome. www.juliecolclough.com

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Heritage Chester @heritagechester.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

🎨 Art Returns to the Streets! Discover digital prints of historic paintings from Grosvenor Museum displayed in shop windows along the Rows that inspired them. ✨ Special Pop-Up this Sat 29, 11.15am - 12.45pm with volunteer experts 👉 buff.ly/keKxu7S #RowvemberChester

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Heritage Chester @heritagechester.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

As #Rowvember ends, meet the people who keep the Rows thriving! We chatted with business owners about life in these medieval galleries. This festive season, support the independent shops, cafés & businesses that make the Rows special. Discover their stories 🎄✨ #RowvemberChester #ChesterRows

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Heritage Chester @heritagechester.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

🎶 Pop-Up Performances this December! 🎶 Choirs led by Matt Baker filling the Rows with festive music! 🎄 29 Nov: Uni of Chester Choir 🎄 6 Dec: A Handbag of Harmonies 🎄 13 Dec: Proud Marys 1-2.30pm | FREE Plus sneaky pop-up at @ChesterChristmasMarket! #RowvemberChester

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

A recent sketch in the ruins of St. John’s #Chester, founded 689AD, paradise for artists and history buffs. See more of my sketches & finished paintings from the local area and my travels whenever I’m in our studio gallery up on Watergate Row, or online juliecolclough.com #sketchbook #urbansketch

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The Rose from The Rows. One of many recent sales, available as a limited edition. Pop in to our studio gallery if you’re in Chester, or message first to check when I’m painting in the studio. As always we love meeting our customers, from #Chester & all around the world. Explore The Rows this week.

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

A snippet of my panoramic studio view from a glorious long weekend of sunshine. I’m now back in our studio gallery on The Rows so do pop in if you’re in Chester. Great to chat to customers from around the world today. Message first if coming specially …. I may be out with another sketchbook!

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Sold! One of the latest paintings from a series inspired by my travel sketchbooks including Malta, Spain, Portugal, Italy and closer to home in Liverpool & Chester. Browse the rest before they all go. www.juliecolclough.com (Please message if making a special trip to our studio gallery)

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Heritage Chester @heritagechester.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Beautiful drawings, thank you to everyone who took part. 🙂

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

In the #Roman period #Chester was known as Castra Deva (prounced Dewa), meaning "the military camp on the River Dee" Chester began life as a fort occupied by the 20th #Legion (Valeria Victrix). #RomanFortThursday #History#Archaeology #AncientBlueSky🏛️

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Alison Atkin @alisonatkin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The mosaic for @devaroman.bsky.social from the @heritagechester.bsky.social 2024 festival is now installed in the garden! We had our first mosaic workshop of the 2025 festival today and I'm really excited to see more mosaics added to the garden, this time a bit smaller so they can be dotted about!

A large mosaic with a black and white geometric border around a combination of various designs and patterns with a white background. In the centre are two brown boot prints and the words sin, sin, sin dex sin! It's very colourful and installed on the ground in a flowerbed in a garden.

A closeup of a mosaic with a brown, left, boot print and the words sin! sin! sin! In red with blue exclamation marks. There's a mostly white background in tile with grey grout. A few other random bits of design, cropped out are visible at the edges

A collection of colourful and mixed up mosaic tiles, and some ceramic pieces and pipe stem, arranged to look a little like a building with columns. There are other assignments of patterns and colours nearby with grey grout between it all.

A closeup of a mosaic showing a geometric design that's a mix of patterned and symmetrical colours and others mixed. There's a black border just visible and a mostly white background with grey grout. There are some other bits and pieces of designs nearby cropped out.

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

What a great turnout for our #ChesterHeritageFestival sketching day. Our sketchers produced a fantastic range of drawings from along the Rows and Bridge Street. Well done everyone! Join us again in June ✍️🎨 #chester #urbansketchers @heritagechester.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Sold! Another super day in our Rows studio gallery meeting new customers and regular collectors. This large original painting will certainly make a statement in its new setting. Visit us on Watergate Row in the heart of #Chester for a closer look at my latest paintings. juliecolclough.com

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We have been busy in the gallery meeting customers from near and far. This original painting is one of many recent sales but if you missed it, we have a small edition of limited edition prints available. Browse the rest of our Chester collection plus of course many more from our travels.

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Heritage Chester @heritagechester.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Fantastic to see this example of Chester's recent heritage back in a fantastic location for this year's #Chester Heritage Festival! Thanks to @chestercathedral.bsky.social for the support and for choosing the eye-catching luminous yellow colour, and of course "Mr. S." @shitchester.bsky.social

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

We are back from a gorgeous few days in North Wales. Coincidentally we have had some lovely customers from Iceland who bought several pieces to take home including one of my #Llandudno limited editions. We love this view from where my mother lived as a child (by #Haulfre Gardens on the Great Orme)

Painting of the view of Llandudno from Haulfre Gardens Tearoom.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Old Dee Bridge, Chester, painting by Julie Colclough @juliecolclough.bsky.social. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

A very enjoyable morning sketching on the Shropshire Union canal near Telford’s Warehouse with Chester Urban Sketchers. Scroll to see my initial pen sketch (0.5 unipen fineliner) before I added watercolour. #telfordswarehouse #chester #urbansketchers #chesteruk @urbansketchers.bsky.social

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Original paintings and limited editions sold & ready to go. Browse our extensive Chester collection plus many paintings of North Wales, the Lake District, Liverpool, Manchester & Europe including Italy, Spain, France & Portugal. Visit the Julie Colclough Gallery on Watergate Row South #Chester

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

From this angle our street has changed very little since Louise Rayner painted it, as illustrated by my own painting. My ancestors lived here from the 1850s and would still recognise many of the buildings. juliecolclough.com/bishop-lloyd...

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Bishop Lloyd's Palace inspired by Louise Rayner

Bishop Lloyd's Palace, Watergate Street. Chester paintings inspired by Louise Rayner's paintings from the 1800s but painted as is it now.

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

It’s been a gloriously sunny week in Chester! Take time to explore The Rows where you will find us and many more quirky independent shops in the heart of historic Chester. Galleries, antique shops, coffee shops and much more - is there a more perfect way to spend an afternoon? #artgallery #chester

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It’s rare for us to have a guest artist on show in the gallery but we couldn’t resist displaying Ian Fennelly’s wonderful prints. Visit the Julie Colclough Gallery on Watergate Row to see Ian’s distinctive sketches of #Chester views. #ianfennelly #eastgateclock #urbansketch #urbansketching #sketch

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Happy #worldbookday memories of my son Joe in my 1st picture book Jungle Joe. Published in the 1990s, this was a milestone for me as it was the first book where I was both author & illustrator. Inspired by Chester Zoo, I didn’t imagine it would be published as far away as Australia. Happy Days.

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

In celebration of #CheshireDay (March 30), this month’s Cheshire Life magazine features a selection of my paintings which capture different views of our county including Alderley Edge, Mollington and Chester. Browse many more at the Julie Colclough Gallery, Watergate Row, #Chester

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Good to see that the #TrenaCox exhibition has now opened #GrosvenorMuseum #Chester We look forward to see it soon. Curated - @aletadoran.bsky.social #StainedGlassSunday

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Look out for this and more of my work in the March issue of Cheshire Life. ‘Mollington, Chester & Parkgate’ is one of a long series of #signpost paintings. Visit Watergate Row, #Chester to see my latest paintings and limited editions. #cheshirelife #mollington juliecolclough.com/chester-moll...

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Sales this week include this large statement piece. Inspired by my travel sketchbooks, we always have a selection of my #Venice and Italian top-to-toe paintings & prints in stock. Plus many more of #Chester, Wales, the Lakes & beyond! Pop in & browse our gallery on The Rows, Watergate Street.

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Two packed private views in two evenings which just proves #Chester wants more art! Chester Visual Arts exhibition on Thursday & Trena Cox at the Grosvenor Museum on Friday. Trena was a #stainedglass artist who lived & worked in Watergate Street. www.instagram.com/p/DGFgMG7NLG...

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

There’s a story behind every painting and I’m delighted to see another #Liverpool Panoramic limited edition print go to customers who shared their own story and connections to the building. Visit our gallery on Watergate Row, #Chester to see more. More details : juliecolclough.com/liverpool

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Sketching in Grosvenor Park, Chester this morning with our Chester Urban Sketchers group. Lots of inspiration and a great turn out for February. #chester #sketch #urbansketchers #urbansketch #sketchbook #tree #draw #sketching #pensketch #pen #watercolour #urbansketching @urbansketchers.bsky.social

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Positively Birmingham @positivelybrum.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Chester city centre - a Victorian letterbox contrasts with the painted electric box by Julie Colclough.

Chester city centre and a Victorian letterbox contrasts with the mural on the electric box by Julie Colglough.

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Julie Colclough Gallery @juliecolclough.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This original painting didn’t hang around for long! Lots of gallery visitors instantly recognised this as #Lisbon, where this sunshine yellow tram caught my eye and just had to be painted. After our recent travels it’s great to be back in the gallery this weekend and to see #Chester so busy.

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