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
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.
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.
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#Chester #HeritageForAll
"Chester doesn't do enough to celebrate its' heritage!" - A common complaint from the community heard by Sh*t Chester.
Enter...Us. 💜
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#Chester #Community #ChesterEvents
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/
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!
When it’s snowing in Chester the best place to be is on The Rows….
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
From start to finish, sketching on location to the finished painting in our studio gallery on The Rows #chester www.juliecolclough.com
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.
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
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
🎨 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
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
🎶 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
Let us know if you do!
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
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.
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!
I’ve loved this since my art school days at All Saints. Our studio had previously been Valette’s room (where he taught Lowry & others). Happy days.
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)
Beautiful drawings, thank you to everyone who took part. 🙂
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🏛️
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.
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!
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
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
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.
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
I sympathise. I gave myself a black eye headbutting a marble column while looking for a Caravaggio in Siracuse.
Never a dull moment
#watergatestreet #chester #chesterraces #chesterrows
