Annie Sloan Stockist Sunday
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This week’s stockist is Jane from Sheldon Paint . Jane was initially inspired by Annie to start her business, who she has known and worked with for over 30 years, she was Annie's first stockist and distributor of Chalk Paint™ for Spain. After returning to England, Jane opened Sheldon Paint 8 years ago in Hampton Hill, London.
‘A long time ago, after getting restless in London (I had a picture gallery and framing business in Barnes) I spent 4 years living on a sailboat, crossing the Atlantic twice. Nessa, my daughter, spent her first year on board before we decided to settle in Southern Spain and raise our family. Work and family life kept us there for over 3 decades and now I am back in England nearly where I started! Hampton is close to Barnes! It's a crazy old world.’
‘I am completely self-taught as a painter, building on experimentation with Annie's paint and techniques. Living proof that you don't necessarily need a trained background to make it work but a passion is essential! I found Annie's liberated approach gave me the space to be creative and free to try anything really. Then suddenly the door opens and off you go!’
‘Annie was doing exciting things with her workshops, and it made me realize we could introduce Spain to this wonderful magic world. Sheldon Paint grew out of my time back here in England. When I returned, I joined Annie's team in Oxford, holding various posts. The most important one to me was as a mentor to her other stockist. The result of that is a huge, lovely network of stockist friends I have touched lives with along the way. Time to move on brought me eventually to Hampton where I opened Sheldon Paint (it takes its name in memory of my dear father) and it's here where I teach paint techniques, paint and sell furniture and of course sell Annie's paint and shout its praise to the roof tops! I have loved all the time I have been involved in this lovely colourful world.’
Friday is workshop day at Sheldon Paint, where they hold masterclasses on a one-to-one level. This is by arrangement with each client, they are from a beginner's intro level to more in depth and looking at various techniques. Jane also offer Zoom classes as a result of the lockdown experience! All the info is on their website www.sheldonpaint.co.uk
You can find Sheldon Paint on the below links..
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/sheldon.paint/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/sheldonpaint.co.uk
Website – www.sheldonpaint.co.uk
You can find Sheldon Paint's information here - https://www.anniesloan.com/stockists/sheldon-paint/
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