Anneka Rice

Anneka Rice Instagram – An utterly magical day in Suffolk with my mentor and teacher Maggi Hambling, recording a one-off special for Radio 4 about how the county has shaped her. We started in a ditch – because this is where she had sat as a teenager and sketched, too nervous to walk up the drive to Benton End where she was meant to be enrolling – and ended up at the Scallop, via her studio and her favourite beach. I’ve wanted to get Maggi in that ditch ever since I first met her 15 years ago, and then trace her journey and life through the Suffolk landscape. And finally we did it! At one point a man came up to her on the beach and said “thank you for being a genius”. Says it all…Details of transmission to follow… #maggihambling #painting #suffolk #sea #seascapes #scallop #beach #studio #teacher #pupil @bbcradio4 | Posted on 15/May/2024 16:03:13