Last week, we visited Centro Contigo in La Linea with our client, Arabella Featherstone from Feathers Fitness in Sotogrande. We were there to give them a donation of €1,000, which Arabella and her clients had raised and see the centre for ourselves. Arabella also led...
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Georgina was due to speak in the Costa Women 2020 conference, when it got cancelled by the Town Hall at the 11th hour. Since then, Costa Women have had two years of virtual conferences and smaller business events such as their wonderful networking events and...
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On Friday 9th of July, author, plant-based chef, health and weight loss coach Daria Sanetra will be at The Bookshop in San Pedro to launch her new book “Your Emotional Belly Cure” between 12 and 4pm. During the event, Daria will be signing copies of...
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Georgina was recently asked for her insight into having a baby in Spain, the intricacies of the Spanish healthcare system, childcare and schooling for expat parents for Spain Expo. Obviously, it is a big topic, but an important one, and Georgina was happy to open...
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Kempinski Hotel Bahia has announced the appointment of Axel Bethke as General Manager. Following a more than 20-year long career with brands such as Capella Hotels, Ritz Carlton and Kempinski in cities including Munich, Beijing, Amman and Chengdu, the hotelier re-joins Kempinski after his most...
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Marbella Mum of two and Amateur Climber Hessia Fernandes, has set her sights on Everest to raise 6,000€ for Malaga children’s charity the Nena Paine Foundation. She will be starting her trek to Everest Base Camp on the 7th of October and is looking for...
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The producers of the Channel 4 TV show, A New Life in the Sun, have asked if we know of anyone who may be making the move over here or have recently moved over to set up a business. The show features people who are...
Continue ReadingAfter a month-long competition, Specsavers Opticas have announced the winners of the Spectacle Wearer of the Year Awards 2015. The first prize of 500€ and a pair of designer glasses has been awarded to Andrés Felipe Ramírez, who smoulders in his dark rectangular frames and...
Continue ReadingOn Sunday the 1st February 2015 Steve Hall, owner of the fantastic Spanish information website This is Spain, will set off on a 90 day virtual tour of Spain. He will visit all corners of Spain through the eyes of local hosts and writers. It will...
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In a new feature for our blog, we are going to introduce some interesting members of the community on the Costa del Sol to show the variety of the people, their work and lives in this great place. We hope this will be interesting and enlightening, please let me know if you’d like to be featured, or there’s someone you can recommend.
Our first featured person is the artist Regina Bodych, who I met a few months ago and was really interested to see her work and meet her at an important stage in her career – preparing for her first solo exhibition and establishing herself into the Marbella art scene. Below is an overview of Regina and what she’s up to.
Regina Bodych is a young artist with a varied international upbringing. Born in Poland in 1990, she moved around Europe as a child and was influenced by her Polish, German and Russian heritage. She moved to Marbella in 2010, as she was attracted by the weather, the lifestyle and the mix of people from all over the world.
As long as she can remember she has been drawing and painting, coming from an artistic family and always having an interest in art. Regina has always wanted to create her own path and draw on her own experiences and emotions in the creative process. She is totally self taught, preferring not to be limited by formal training and the established techniques and styles, but rather make her art a spontaneous, fluid and free process.
She comments that the art she creates comes from her soul, so that each piece is an important part of her, as well as representing a moment in her life. Perhaps this is why each piece is imbued with so much power and mystery.
Although young, her career as a painter started early, selling her first pieces to fund herself through college at 18 years old, and officially becoming a professional artist at 20. This coincided with her move to Marbella, a place which has inspired her and focused her art, developed her unique style and taken her pieces in a different direction.