Artist celebrating nature’s colours through painting, mixed media and textiles artwork
The Studio Gallery Solihull is coming together well with such a wonderful selection of artwork! Acrylic paintings, watercolour, oil pastels, glass work, and felting from seven local artists.
The window display is almost set and it’s bright and eye catching! Featuring one piece from each artist.
So, instead of saying ex-Lakeland Plastics it’s now most definitely Studio Gallery Solihull 🎉
We open on Thursday evening!
Studio Gallery Solihull! We are setting up a collective of 9 artists from Solihull!
We have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity of using a large shop unit in the Touchwood shopping centre right in the heart of Solihull Town Centre!
We will be there to talk to visitors and showcase our artwork which will be available to purchase. We have studio space too so some of us will be busy creating too.
I’ll let you know how we’re getting on preparing the unit as we go along! The excitement is growing for the new Studio Gallery Solihull!
After an absorbing morning with @ruthmillington talking about her published works to date, we had time to chat and I put forward the idea of thinking time. We all agreed, visual artists and authoresses alike, that allowing oneself time to think was invaluable.
So often we feel obliged to rush, meet deadlines, fall in line with work ethics. If a wider understanding of time to think, it’s acceptance, and understanding of the benefits could become a norm I do believe that we would produce better, more thoughtful work!
This was particularly true for me when working on my large paintings for my solo exhibition last year. It was 9-5, and really 5.30 stop. But then frequently started again later in the evening after further contemplation! Most lunch times were really just making a sandwich, scrutinising the morning’s work, what should be done next and what areas of the canvas needed more yellow or more detail! It wasn’t always possible to wait till I finished eating lunch I was driven to get going again! Thinking time was invaluable. Do you agree?
What an exciting day yesterday at the Courtyard Gallery when all my artwork was mounted! I’ve really enjoyed putting the collection together for Beautiful Open Spaces. It’s been a long awaited day after a great deal of painting! Come and visit, it’s open now until 8 June!
The new academic year is gearing up, and the race to get everything done in time feels more pressurised this week!
I’ve been happily making examples of painting with oils for my new students coming into college this term. At the same time finishing off my own acrylic paintings, posting on social media and taking a few online courses for my continued professional practice. I’m feeling pulled in so many directions!
Working to a plan helps, keeping a calendar of events helps, but I need to plan more time “out”. It’s really important as an artist to allow yourself time away! And, during the time away… not to be looking for the next idea of a painting! Is that even possible 😃
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