{"id":447,"date":"2020-05-07T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/?p=447"},"modified":"2020-07-07T13:04:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:04:46","slug":"le-tresor-de-la-pie-the-magpies-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/le-tresor-de-la-pie-the-magpies-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Tr\u00e9sor de la Pie (The Magpie&#8217;s Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>\u201c<em>CLe Tr\u00e9sor de la Pie and artist<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sharron-Astbury-Petit-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sharron-Astbury-Petit-2.jpg 573w, https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sharron-Astbury-Petit-2-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sharron-Astbury-Petit-2-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sharron-Astbury-Petit-2-480x670.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><figcaption><em><em><em><em>Le Tr\u00e9sor de la Pie (work in progress)<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This past month I have been working on finishing paintings ready for exhibition in France during the Autumn. If not cancelled due to the Coronavirus, I have a solo show in the Galerie Bressigny in Angers through the month of September and I also hope to exhibit once more in the Salon d&#8217;Automne des Champs Elysees in Paris during October.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the UK, I have had a painting (Le Nid de Merle or The Blackbird&#8217;s Nest) selected for the Society of Graphic Fine Art annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London at the start of July.&nbsp; So I am keeping my fingers crossed that galleries will have re-opened their doors by then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pictured is one of the works I have been finishing: Le Tr\u00e9sor de la Pie (The Magpie&#8217;s Treasure). Its inspiration, motivated by current world events, was our need to nurture and protect that which is truly precious: the fragile and wondrous beating heart of a new future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCLe Tr\u00e9sor de la Pie and artist This past month I have been working on finishing paintings ready for exhibition in France during the Autumn. If not cancelled due to the Coronavirus, I have a solo show in the Galerie Bressigny in Angers through the month of September and I also hope to exhibit once&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Le Tr\u00e9sor de la Pie (The Magpie's Treasure - Leeds Fine Artists","description":""},"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sharron-astbury-petit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}