Maria art gallery puts Lyme Regis RNLI crew in the frame for Lifeboat Week
Professional artist Maria Barbashina is applying the final touches to portraits of 25 members of the RNLI crew of Lyme Regis lifeboat...just in time for the town's Lifeboat Week.
Russian- born artist Maria has just one more portrait to complete before Lifeboat Week which starts this Saturday. July 24th.
She said:"The crew were very patient during each portrait sitting which took about 90 minutes. and I am delighted with the results."
Maria has now joined the lifeboat team as shore crew and has ambitions to progress to a sea-going member of the volunteer crew.
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