{"id":66,"date":"2023-11-07T07:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T07:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efuathomas.co.uk\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2025-03-31T10:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T10:23:29","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/efuathomas.co.uk\/?page_id=66","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image66_d3f872-50.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image66_d3f872-50 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:1531px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image66_d3f872-50.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image66_d3f872-50 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image66_d3f872-50{max-width:1531px;}.image-is-svg.kb-image66_d3f872-50{-webkit-flex:0 1 100%;flex:0 1 100%;}.image-is-svg.kb-image66_d3f872-50 img{width:100%;}.kb-image66_d3f872-50 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image66_d3f872-50 size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/efuathomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/contestants-Landscape-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efuathomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/contestants-Landscape-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/efuathomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/contestants-Landscape-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/efuathomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/contestants-Landscape-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/efuathomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/contestants-Landscape-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/efuathomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/contestants-Landscape-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">My name is Efua Thomas. I am a Devon-based artist and gardener. <br><br>I have been teaching art for thirty years and my career has included big adventures like being artist in residence at Sissinghurst, exhibiting at The Mall Galleries in London and competing on Landscape Painter of the Year in 2022.<br> <br>Let me know if I can be of help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Please send me a message through the contact form below for any gardening or art enquiries&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LAOTY_S8_HEAT1_CAM_J_Efua Thomas_1\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/768058998?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A time lapse of me painting from Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year Series 8 (2023) Episode 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Efua Thomas. 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