Welcome to Devon artist Anje Yelf's website.

My intentions are to develop a website, which will contain something of interest for anyone who visits the site.

Art Portfolio

Browse through the range of my own personal art work as an artist working and living in Devon. There is a selection in various mediums including watercolours, oils, drawings, silhouettes and trompe l'oeil.

Degree Project

A synopsis of the project I undertook to achieve a degree with honours.

Kitchen Renovation

A general blog and diary about a recent kitchen renovation to my edwardian town house. I've written several helpful tips that I used to help the schedule run with less stress.

Garden

Devoted to the flora and creatures that thrive throughout the seasons in the courtyard and small front garden of my 1907 Edwardian Terraced property. There is a special page for Spiders; a 'what's in flower' diary; beneficial garden insects; plants that survive the onslaught of slugs an snails and helpful information for planting in a garden that faces north.

Mica Yelf Photography

A page devoted to Mica Yelf's photography; a young and upcoming artist who is about to embark on a foundation degree in photography.

More to follow:

Further topics will be developed on the views and natural habitat around the traditional market town of Newton Abbot in Devon, (where I have lived since 1969), including its architecture and places to visit.

I am Anje Yelf, artist and wife of long suffering husband Mark; mum to Dave and Mica. Bookmark this website and return regularly to watch how this site unfolds.

Favourite Books:

An Open Heart Practising Compassion in Everyday Life by The Dalai Lama

Wild Swans by Jung Chang

Milligan's War by Spike Milligan

Interesting quotes:

"An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one." - Charles Horton Cooley

"Champion the right to be yourself. Dare to be different and to set your own pattern, live your own life and follow your own star." - Lin Yutang