A NEW artist in residence has been appointed to work at William Wordsworth’s home at Rydal Mount next year.
Clara Li-Dunne is more familiar than most with Wordsworth and the beautiful house near Ambleside, having worked there as a guide for the past nine years.
Ms Li-Dunne, originally from Hong Kong, has a degree in fine art and is a qualified teacher.
Her aim is to capture the romantic atmosphere at Rydal Mount’s house and garden where Wordsworth published a great many masterpieces.
Ms Li-Dunne follows in the footsteps of Helen Johnson, from Alston, who has been artist in residence at Rydal this year. A former head teacher who is now a full-time artist, Ms Johnson produced pieces of work on five themes which match the writing and ideas of Wordsworth: spirituality, family and relationships, emotions, nature, and excursions.
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