Jim was a self taught Artist, his mum once told me that when he was about 4 years old, she would give him a large brush and bucket of water and he would paint their garden fence, it would keep him quiet for some hours. We met when both 18, and initially he painted psychedelic posters, just a Hippie at heart. But a few years on, he copied a John Constable painting and that inspired an era of realism and was the beginning of his professional work. Where ever we lived he would venture out by bus, train or on his moped, usually creating a watercolour of what he saw, taking photos and then maybe using that information to create an Oil painting later. We were together for 50 years when he passed away at 68 after 9 months illness. His memory lives on through his children and grand children. Between us we have chosen to keep some of his work that hold special memories. He painted to exhibit and sell his work and I am continuing that process on his behalf. Its a joy to see others enjoy and admire his work and so his Legacy will live on. I hope you enjoy what you see.
The Ourdoor Festival shop was created by my self (Lin McDonald) and our son in 2014. We attended several festivals across the UK. Our products were mainly tie-dyed Ts, for adults and children and some water-carry bags. The Ts have screen printed images on front or back that were created from the designs of Jim’s or or our son’s, so our Ts are unique to the ‘Being’ label. When Jim became ill and passed away, the outdoor festival shop came to a stand-still for some years. I then moved to Great Yarmouth and around 18 months after Jim’s passing, I opened an Art Gallery to show his vast collection of paintings and then decided to include the T-shirts, so I thought this was putting the outdoor Festival shop to rest.
And so Iridescent Art and festival shop was created.
As a family of creative individuals, it is great to have an opportunity to display items that any of us create. I have tie-dyed some baby-grows and made one-size dresses and then tie-dyed them. I have experimented with reverse dying, where black items are tied and bleached. There were some earlier Ts that were faulty or damaged so I have cut them and up-cycled them into bags. After an opportunity to work as a volunteer at some festivals in 2023/24/25, my interest in outdoor festivals returned. So I have run my festival shop several times again now, although doing it alone is quite challenging. All the previous Tie-dye stock still has the Being label and all have printed artwork on them. Under my new lable of ‘Iridescent Art, I have introduced new Ts but they do not have the printed artwork. My range has expanded into other clothing and resin art, jewellery and various craft items. As family or friends join me, there will be various hand made items introduced as well. As other events are attended, maybe we will meet at one sometime. I have re-opened a Numondy online store now so you can find me there too.
Thankyou for your interest.
